AUCKLAND'S AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 10

AUCKLAND'S AFFAIRS.

MR. GUNSON IN WELLINGTON. THE ROAD TO ORAKEI. EXTENSION OF HIGH STREET [by telegraph.—own ' CORnESPONDBNTk] WELLINGTON, Thursday. ' A number of important Auckland, mat-; tors 5 were attended to to-day by ;; the ;Mayor,' Mr. J. H. . Giinsoh, whose visit •to Wellington is, proving a busy one. < He conferred^: with > the Prime Minister and the; Minister ; for ; ways , in: regard to starting ; the "railway embankment; across Hobson Bay. He placed before them' the views of the City Council in respect of the road to • Orakei, which it is preposed to construct at :the. same time, as the railway embankment. ".'.•■ The Mayor -also, completed negotiations for the acquisition by the , city of the post-office in Shortland Street, for the purpose of -? putting a : road through it from Shortland Street to Fort Street. In exchange for the post office, the Government will tad?e land .in ' Anzac Avenue and the old Police Court- building in High Street. Both these subjects: are dealt with in the Auckland City and Harbour Board Empowering Bill. * :'v '.',/■■': '■■..■";■)'■■.' In regard to the City, Council's scheme to build : {houses :at Western Springs, the Mayor > interviewed-;the Prime Minister respecting by the Government. ..-,■"". ~ •. , ■-;' - • -