NORTHCOTE BOROUGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18080, 3 May 1922, Page 5

NORTHCOTE BOROUGH.

—, *$*— —• The Northco'.e Borough Council met last evening. There were present: The Mayor, Mr. W. E. Richardson, and Messrs. J. B. Tonar, A. Hurley, A. Parrish. W. H. Barnes. W. C Smith, A. W. Smith, 0. R. Brinsden. W. K. A. Stewart, and W. O. Devlin. , _ • . The Mayor reported that the pevonport Ferry Company was agreeable that we i.is a.m. steamer irotn Auckland should call at JNorthcote. providing the Chelsea workers, who lived in Auckland, agreed to the boat leaving AucKland hvo tamutes earner, or arriving at Chelsea five minutes later. The matter was referred to the manager of We Chelsea Refinery. - . , , . The waterworks engineer reported that the Takapuna Borough Council had disconnected the water mam on one side of this road but apparently the other connection was being allowed to remain with a view to an arrangement for the mutual benefit of both districts in an emergency. The Mayor said nothing official had been received from the Takapuna Council. , ... The council decided to erect and maintain a lamp at the entrance to the wharf. Four building permits were granted The balance-sheets of the borough for the year ended March 31. .1021. and of the Domain Board for the past two years, were received from the . deputy-controller, and Auditor-General, certified as correct, without The conditions in connection with tho proposed lease of the .municipal endowment at the corner of Princes and Ring Streets, were relaxed in respect to the value of the buildings .to bo erected, a minimum value being fixed at £1000 for one building, and at £750 each if two building, are to bo put up. Dr Barraclough wrote pointing out the undesirable conditions of the channels in the block around Clarence. 'Rodney, and Vincent Streets and also in the "foul swamp" beSeen Richmond and Belle Vue Avenues. lie offered his services to ■ the council without charge fox the safeguarding, of tho \fwa^l^vifto C obtain an, estimate from ♦hi toMine* of the cost of kerhmg and channelling the Clarence-Rodney-Vincent Streets Mock and to construct a drain through tho swamp from tho Stafford Road culvert to Ch l l t rC was 3 d rC c e ided to hold another " clcan.up Mineral complaint by all the members Af +Ke council was made against the inactivity of the Marine . Boroughs' Assoc,*tion which, it was asserted, had held only one mooting during the past year.