ONEHUNGA BOROUGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16581, 3 July 1917, Page 6

ONEHUNGA BOROUGH.

The Onehunga Borough Council met last 1 night. Present: The Mayor, Mr. J. ~ J»#|l Boyd, and Messrs. H. J. Davies, E. J., Hoggins, W. J. Brewin, I. Lomas Gflp Foote, B. Dillicar, and J". Stoupe. ;S The Minister for Internal Affairs in-%a quired if the council -would, from a patri- - otic point of view, be prepared to supply | burial plots for members of the Ex- : M peditionary Force who die prior to their discharge and on what conditions, if any; also if the council would later permit the erection by the Government of suitable 1 headstones or memorials. The letter was 1 referred to the council in committee. \fM The council decided to donate £10 to 1 the funds for the relief of the widows and 1 orphans of the Onehunga fishermen who J were recently drowned in the Manukau I Harbour. * The council voted the sum vf £20 ty'M the Onehunga Brass Band. Messrs. Mo:--ton, Diliicar, and Brewin were appointed 1 a committee to confer with the band re- ■?< garding open-air programmes. §| It was decided to pay the Mo ant M Roskill Road Board the sum of £50, I without prejudice, provided the monev is W spent on the road leading to the council's m new cemetery in that district. The council recorded its opinion that the original 11 agreement on this question had been M broken by the Eoad Board, and, there- M fore, was no longer binding on the"! council. s| A motion of condolence with Mr. and ; fi Mrs. G. Vause and Mrs. Duffy, whose sons have been killed recently in France, . was carried in silence. fp Mr. Diliicar was appointed representa- 1 tive of the council on the Auckland Bail- - ways League, vice Mr. E. V. Sutherland. H Ihe _ chairman of the Onehunga School 11 Committee laid before the council a pro- : -posal to establish a technical school at the I Koyal Oak, owing to the distance pupils W have to travel either to Nevrmarket oril Utahuhu. He also appealed for financial assistance. It was decided to consider the .1matter m committee. It was agreed to supply the Mangere | Koad Board with water on the same terms SLj V? e Man Domain Board. The ffl Koad Board proposes taking over theS supply from the Domain Board |I