NORTHCOTE COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16041, 6 October 1915, Page 4

NORTHCOTE COUNCIL.

-_ ■ <- ;• -• ■-■. • ■■"'. -. ' '." ,: •.. : •: .-.. Thb ;Norlli<^ 7 Borough Council met last night. - Resent: J The Mayor, Mr. G. _' Eraser, Messrs. B. Tan Teen, J. B. Tonar, : J. Broady, H. H. Hunt, E. Stiiwell, A. •W. Millar, G. H. Lyon, *R.; H. P. Hopkins, and W. S. Daniel. , ; ir; The; balance-sheet, certified: as correct, - was * adopted;; the town-clerk explaining r that the "tag" with respect to an item i of £15 12s 6d interest in ;■ connection *&&&$& the purchase of Lutener's Reserve, V*aif£a merely a formal matter. • *•'•• ■■--"• ■ --..-v ;. Mr. Hunt stated that the Cornmissioo*|l of Crown Lands had visited Kauri" Gully - Scenic Reserve, and favoured the adop- . tion ; : of the - proposal to f* grant 'Mr. 3d. , Parrish a lease'of a portion of the reserri3S for strawberry-growing on . the .""terms P«*j| forward, including the appointment of Mr. V Parrish as caretaker. „•- - , It was decided to have the well covered ■ ; m'-. Lutener's " Reserve as a safeguard against- accidents. •„*'.-. The Works Committee was instructed to report upon the best means of keeping down the weeds on the sides of the foot-'.: paths, and the-foreman was instructed "(toMf ] discontinue "chipping*! in.:■ the meantime. ?* i The waterworks engineer reported b*v* -' »ng pumped' 1,540,000 gallons of water during the month of September, of which 1-' j 596,000 gallons bad been supplied to tfcafU j Takapuna Borough Council. The level "of IS Lake | Takapuna was. 3ft lljin : above **C§ leveL>,:: -" :';,;:'■'- /;'" ... —. ■ :-^.'t"" f l •'ii— * \Waitemata. County ; Counc : ? wfetijl | that the borough would -require: to 1 - (riftiS j out traffic licenses for any.vehicles operii->3 j jng in the county. The town ' derk'datsijp I that a vehicle license taken out in fliM 1 borough • operated for a radius of t *■§■ j miles, and that the Municipal CorrxMitoiiM j \ Act overrides the Counties -Act] ffllt^Nsl ■ respect. The letter \ was'.referred l to" tMH 1 Legal Committee. „ * •"-,*" 1 -■- The : council decided to offer-no obje»#j| 1 tion to the 6.55 p.m. ferry steamer fro« i Birkenhead »being altered. to 7- p.m., '. V**M. I viding no other material alteration *•!.:'- " made to the night time-table. ' fj