BOROUGH COUNCILS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16673, 18 October 1917, Page 8

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

TAKAPUNA. -.■;■' Tus'Tulrapun*.Borough Council met" last ■;..;'.. evening.;; the Mayor, Mr. ,W. ', Blomfield, pre- ;-.-;; siding. ■;/'■;.•;,■■ : V.;;;;.-; -;,';;-/'; .;;-:■.; - : '-V.-..:;.; &. «]m The curying out of a storm-water drain age achema 1 (or , Sha(:«p&aro Road, ■; estimated to ' -- cost*£lslon. was ;iiUtnoTißed.i=v ; % '\•>•■>-->-';-■/?.j; ■■";".' The . council's solicitors notified that the '.'"■ cases of : Mrs. Wick v. the Council, for. £450 for alleged 'dam ago to her property and \ loss : through 5 the *- council's -: Quarrying; operations, ■'■■•.: and of Groos .v.; the .; Council, for alleged damage.to his property, had been struck off the Supreme 'Court, calendar. ', . : : ■'■•'. It \ was ; : agreed '- to . meet v Mrs.uCrowther's •.'•..*•; claim for ? damage caused to her property in : J '■-■•-■ tho ;--Strand -; by a" public ."- drain -/ running through, it ; ; by carrying out work > at the ■ v .^ : 'property'estima»'Jd r to .cost from £50 v £6o, ' - Sirs. Crowther , : to ' contribute. - * ».'"£s! •! < -; v. ;."•.- It was resolved- to fill in the washout in , "' Tiri' Eoad : and•;• connect the' small ; drain at ■ the ; bottom -of this roaA--tvith' the main "'.'.'.■■':'■■: ' drain. , - • ■ i ■;_;■"; -. BIRKENHEAD. The Birkenhead : Boroueh Council met last - • night, • the' Mayor,, M:?. J. \P. McPhail, pro* <;■:;■■; siding. '•.'; -■ v';'■•■'' '■". V '• ; ■■' : -' i^ '4~V,-* ■*"'•- *■•";?/:■ ■-.■ With. regard to the return of the ' personal ~v; ■ .•■■ effects of •.deceased; soldiers, ■ the '■ council de- ;-, '■'■;<■ cided tiiat if delivery were;' made « at .the ":■';;_ Council; Chambers,- the council would give .-.; the ' necessary assurance ■;'■ that 'the '<; effects .}::"■ would-be handed over to the proper persons ■>'■:- hy tho committoo appointed by the council. '''■■'■{■: It was decided to effect temporary repairs' to Salisbury Road. ■■- . >.■ l.i.V The sum of £28 :la 8d was received from ; -'•- -~- the city treasurer, the proportion -'of' the ;:. heavy traffic license fees due to Birkenhead for tho years 1914, 1915 and 1916.