GLEN EDEN TOWN BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19349, 9 June 1926, Page 10

GLEN EDEN TOWN BOARD.

PAVING GREAT NORTH ROAD. DISTRICT SECTION STARTED. The Glen Eden Town Board met on Monday evening. The chairman, Mr. j/ M. West, presided. A letter of complaint regarding stray cows was received from' a ratepayer who is an enthusiastic gardener. The clerk was instructed to advise him of the appointment of a poundkeeper, whose attention had been drawn to the habit of certain individuals turning their horses and cattle on to the roads for the week-end. The Works Committee reported that a commencement had been made by the Auckland City Council with the concrete paving of the Glen Eden section of the Great North Road. The clerk was instructed to advise one local ratepayer to clear noxious weeds forthwith, - otherwise the work would be done by the board at his expense. The board's engineer submitted plans of the new ferro-concrete bridge which it is proposed to build in connection with the concreting of the West Coast Road. It was decided to submit the plans to the commission which is to allocate the cost of the road between the local bodies concerned. The extension of the footpaths oh Clayburn and Brandon Roads was added to the list of work to be carried out at the earliest opportunity. \ , The question of formation work on the unformed portions of Waima and Brandon Roads was discussed. It was stated that the ratepayers concerned had undertaken to make a financial contribution to the work. The clerk was instructed to request the guarantors to hand the amount to be contributed to the board, which would then consider the matter further.

The clerk was instructed to write to the City Council drawing their attention to another leakage in the water main on the West Coast Road and the damage being caused.

A resolution was passed requesting the Railway Department to expedite the improved lighting of the station now that the electric light was available.

In view of the trouble over the recent Henderson by-election, a resolution was passed requesting the Minister of Internal Affairs t<o provide that the polling hours, 9 to 7 p.m., be made equally compulsory in the case of town and electric power boards. It was considered that the closing of polling places at 6 p.m. was too early for many city workers who lived in the suburbs.