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ONE TREE HILL BOARD.

the: WATER supply. J The P B ® Tree Hill Road "Board met -last evening, the ..chairman,. Mr. ,R. G. .Clark, preuicung. rl' , ; ■ ~.-r: . . . . -The advisahiijty of erecting a duplicate pumping station, at an estimated--cost' of £1600,- to be- operated electrically, '-was the subject of a "report by theengineer, Mr. J. Dawson. • Owing to ; the- district's progress- in recent years he-' considered the time had,,arrived,-when- the board should have a:duplicate station to pre- *?, for contingencies. Though -consideration of j the . report was deferred ntf'l the next meeting, * members 1 commented favourably on the fact that : electrification would mean; the, saving. of labour, and r at the • same time provide for'- increased consumption. . / >' The Great South Road concreting contract,^ -reported the engineer, had been completed subject to three months' main- ■ tenance from February - 29. . . ' . The advisability of making a.new bv--1^ r regulate ilia length ,of shop and office frontages waft referred to by. the engineer, who mentioned in his report that, such a regulation was necessary, in view of the fact that , a .great number of new shops were being erected in the -district, : The matter Was referred to the and finance '= committee. ,• • The engineer further reported that the newly t tarred footpaths - on - the- Great South Road and Wheturangi -Road- had been badly, cut up..by. cattle, which had been driven , over them. t ,' He urged the board to consider - the, re-drafting -of • bylaws with- a view to cbpingwith the . trouble. This recommendation was also referred to , the 'legal and finance committee. i \ ! %, >-V . . It was .decided to. ask Railway Department to attend to the O'Rorke Street level ■ crossing Penrose, where the rails were standing about - three inches above the level of the road, to the > danger of pedestrian and Vehicular traffic. The recent construction of Market Road in a joint surface of concrete -and . tarred macadam was the 1 subject 'of a report by a ; committee appointed to inspect the .work. * / A - letter, wag ; received 11*0111 the contractus, > who a creed lo perform .additional ; M'oilr . considered' necessary. ; * ■ . ; - -

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 8

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ONE TREE HILL BOARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 8

ONE TREE HILL BOARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 8