AVONDALE BOROUGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18563, 22 November 1923, Page 11

AVONDALE BOROUGH.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

THE WARD SYSTEM.

The Avondale Borough Council met last evening, the Mayor, Mr. W. J. Tait, presiding. There was also present: Messrs." | A. E. Blackman; T. Wilson, A. P. Haslam, H. Potter, J.' W. Thompson^J. B. Clarke, J. V. , Riesterer and C. E. Fearon. In reply to the council's application for a re-valuation of the borough, the ValuerGeneral stated that owing to pressure of. business no promise could be given that the re-valuation could be undertaken .;'• in time for the rates to be struck for the year 1925-26. ' It was decided to enlist the aid of the Hons. C. J. Parr and R. F. Bollard, with a view to expediting matters so that a re-valuation roll would be available when the borough adopts the ward system in April next. "^ ■'The' Hon. R. F. Bollard wrote on behalf of the Minister for Finance in connection with the council's suggestion that Avondale was a suitable district in which to erect'.,workers' dwellings. The, Minister stated that the Government had discontinued the 'erection of workers' i dwellings, but he . suggested that the council should undertake the erection of houses, money for which couM v he i obtained under the Advances to Local Bodies Act, at the rate of 44 per cent. -It was resolved to , obtain all the '■ information possible, several of the councillors expressing themselves in favour of taking up the suggestion.,.. .. - ," An invitation from- the Te Atatu Bridge Committee, to visit Te Atatu on Saturday and inspect the route of the proposed bridge over the Whan $Creek and proposed road leading thereto, was accepted. $ The building inspector reported that during the previous . fortnight nine permits had .been granted. There were 12 • houses in course of erection. > .'•'•';: : •'., I :^: ; The > Works Committee recommended that a piece of roadway in Blake Street be laid down in bitumen for demonstration purposes. The recommendation was lost. , ■■•:'-•■■j'\ ;;-:>■ '{/;■; -:^X- : :' '*■•'•;• Resolutions were passed bringing the ward system into force from April 1 next.