OTAHUHU COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15518, 28 January 1914, Page 7

OTAHUHU COUNCIL.

I ..-— —' ■. ■» ...... ..,'..■/ 5..,.;.; A meeting of the Otahuhu borough Council.'. ' ■was held on "Monday evening, .at thevliorough offices. Present: Messrs.A. Sturges (Mayor), •H. J. Hall. J. Atkinson* W. -ih. - O'Hara, W. MoMulien.. A. Lowe, -J. Br&dW.B,. . "' lum.and J.,Wilson.' „. ~!,.......'" %5#•*■ ... Messrs. Bamiora and Brown, £& - Solicitors; applied on behalf' 01•■the"Auckland °" etub' lor remission %fs-Mf •Wi&sse<i ■■"''■■■' payable m > respect of the*,. cfim-Br-ipropesty, '•■"..'-: .' known., as Miaaiemore. in-..support' -una application, it was stated,* . amongst other " tilings, that the enterprise -'of the '"tlutj':'in '■'■" ; aeouinng : its. present golf'-'course ? tributea in a." very ; large measure- to • ihe-?re- f : '■-■ marKabie increase in land: vaiues to* Otahuhu, L t" and the presence of golf links was a great v '$ asset to tae oorough. On the motion, of Mr.'. J. Atkinson; it was resoled; /' 3*hai? no" ■'" remission be made." •.;" &-■?■■ The secretary of the Auckland Saleyirda Company wrote stating that the council's letter, in teferenoe to a comtiojition from tao company : to a new stock road -was" considered at a meeting of the directors, who desired that the Mayor take the first opportunity of, discussing the matter with Mr. Bodle, chairman of; the company. .Tho. Mayor said he had had "an interview with the chair- - man of the company, wiio advised that the matter be deferred for 12 months. The council agreed to this, suggestion. The' xiatepayera iuiw wrote calling the attention" "the- council to the scarcity of lights, in .Waliaaiey Head, and suggesting the erection of'a lamp" 1 "at the corner of this road and Shepherd's Koad. * This 'was received. The clerk to. the Mangere Road Board wrote claiming from the council £27'155, as the council's share of a progress 'payment to the contractor for the Tiew -■ fflangera Bridge, and informing, the , council, thai* as previous instalments had not Been paid, bank interest' would be charged oh" all--over-due instalments. The council instructed.the clerk to pay the amount. : ~- ■ ■•''»". Mr. G. Jackson applied! for. a "billiard saloon license for his shop premises, -and asked the council to grant • an extension" of time for closing from 10 to-li p.m.- Notice of motion was given by Mr.. Atkinson to rescind the by-law, so as to allow "of the extension of time "being made': 5 *'■'$ '"■" The Water and Drainage r Committee- recommended that .in view of the extraordinary. consumption of water that'.-takes place between the hours of 6 p.m. and '■'&*a.m., no hose connections he .;• allowed* except where- the supply is by meter t and sfchit jail existing consumers using .hose, "connections be requested to instal meters • by : April 1, 1914. or the service be discontinued. The pumping engineer having made*.an -application for increased pay. on-.account of his having to pump twice daily to' meet the increased demand for water, the committed!'recommended that his wages be advanced 10a per week. Thirty-five new. consumers., had been connected since January 1." The district health officer having advised-- that owners of property in Princes Street should connect their houses with the sewers, the committee recommended that the town clerk issue the necessary notices. The report was adopted, with the exception of the?'-advance of wages asked for, which was' referred, the Finance Committee. ■ -, — t; The council unanimously invited the Mayor to stand again for the mayoralty,- aa<J he promised to consider the matter., fc-vrsoft