BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 11

BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH.

AGAINST TELEPHONE TOLLS. 1 The Birkenhead Borough Council met last evening. The Mayor, Mr. E. C. -Walton,' presided, arid'- there were also ". present: Messrs. . ; E. G. Skeates, A. Hadfield, L. B. L. Holler, A. E. Wood, F. A. Gilpin, W. Worthington and T. ■, Far- & r6ll. ; ' ~ . Representations ; are to be ma.de to the '•'.> Telegraph Department | that;.; the /toll//' " charges - for, telephonic 7 . communicationpo should ?be eliminated at Birkenhead : and Nort'jcote when the new system is inaugurated at Devonport ,« and Tskapuna. i ! Work is to' be concentrated on the main road, from the Birkenhead V; Wharf M. Verran's Corner, Birkdale, with a • view to minimising roughness of the surface. ; . ■ Four building permits were ' granted, , ; ■Tr The Health Department", wrote at length, . explaining -the bacteriological terms i&ed in ; water - analyses. The'. latest report furnished showed £an im-, , proved ■ degree >6{*£ purity |' from | water - p taken from a tap' at the reservoir. -y . The waterworks engineer reported that Lake Takapuna had risen a , foot sines last month. S The *. month's consumptionof water in Birkenhead was 1,540,000/ gallons j " * r The Xake Takspun'a Board of. Control notified that the proportion of" the levy required • from Birkenhead to meet liabilities to March 31 last was £32. and for the ensuing year £106. ; .. '\ , Ij-J'i V .- r . \ 1-*. \\r $ «~1-V fe fel"?