LOCAL BODIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18279, 21 December 1922, Page 7

LOCAL BODIES.

—*. > DEVONPORT COUNCIL. The Devonport Borough Council met last I evening, there being present the Mayor, iMr H S. W. King, and Messrs. S. W. I Lusford. C. L. Stevenson, R. T. Michaels IE. H. Little. H. Linder, A. Bartley. and Ja3. Mays. ,„„ The proposal to borrow the sum of £3500 ! from the State Advances Office for the purpose of carrying out drainage work at North Devonnort was abandoned, the Minister for Finance having advised that as the mow h Yt 6 wa,Vcffi d 6- to the funds 0! the New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children. . t j__ The Town Clerk, Takapuna, wrote asking to be advised of the steps being inqmriel. were being made aa to the cost of chlorinating plants. . rWidftd to After some discussion it WM o?. 01 °~ +1 ~ take no further action with regard to tha widening of Vauxhall Terrace. Messrs. Luzford, Stevenson, and Little were appointed an executive committee to act in the absence of the Mayor, who » going o:n extended leave. BERKENHEAD. Tne supplementary 10 per cent street improvement loan has been received^ by the Birkenhead Borough Council from the State Advances Office. The general account had advanced 3 the payments for the works as completed, and this account will now. bo recouped lo the extent of the £1500 received from the department. ONE TREE HTLL ROAD BOARD. A meeting of the One Tree Kill Road Board was held last evening.. Those present weref Mr R. G..Clark (chairman), Messrs. T F.owe, C. Macintosh. C, Purchaa. H. H. Chvton. and J. Patterson. , The Question of the reduction of workmen s wages under the award was discussed, and it was agreed that the 3s reduction should be operative from December 15. The engineer, in his report, gave particulars of the service that had been rendered to the Onehunga Borough Council when the pumps at the Onehunga pumping station recently broke down. The chairman, in referring to the matter, said tho position in regard to Onehunua's water . supply had been acute, and after consulting with Mr. Dawson, it was decided to do what tliey could to help. Three shifts were accordingly put on on Sunday .morning, and they pumped 368.000 gallons in 24 hours. A letter from the Aucidand Taxi Owners Association was read, asking that the potholes" in the Great South Road, between the Harp of Erin and Green Lane, be filled in. Tho board's decision was that as the road was now in course of reconstruction, it could not do anything in the matter. I MOUNT ROSKILL ROAD BOARD. ! A meeting of the Mount Roskill Road 1 Board was held on Tuesday. Mr. <-r. Ji.. ■ Tansley presided, and all the members were ' present The drainage question was again : brought under review \ Mr. Worloy. who. ! rnnrosenting the board's engineers, explained a modified scheme of drainage for a special area. The engineers are to submit a written report and then » farther conference will be held with the One Tree Hill Road Board, with a yiow to mint action being taken for tho drainage of a Pf rt J?» of One Tree Hill and Mount Roskill distXlCt was decided that Mr. J. Dawson should ascertain the boundary of tho Mount Roskill district, near the Royal Oak, aa there 18 a difference of opinion with the Onohunga JtJorough Council on the question. The public trustee has sanctioned a loan cf £4000 for water reticulation in xHock 10. The loan will be for a term of 361 years at u per cent, interest, plus 1 per cent, sinking tund. ____________«_«»