NEWMARKET AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 12

NEWMARKET AFFAIRS.

EVASION OF TRAFFIC FEES.

The Newmarket Borough Council met last evening, the Mayor, Mr. S. Donaldson, presiding, A letter drawing attention to the largif number of motor-lorries and other commercial vehicles evading payment of heavy traffic fees was received from the Suburban Local Bodies' Association. The- association asked that a list of ail garages in the borough should be furnished to the nearest licensing authority. On the recommendation of the Streets Committer it was decided to reply stating the council was a licensing authority itself and that necessary steps to ensure that all vehicles garagoJ in the borough were licensed had. already been taken. It was decided that an of 20ft on either side of the roadway near the hospital entrance m Park Road should be set aside as a motor-bus stand. The foreman of works reported that work in Guthwaite Park was proceeding satisfactorily. The traffic inspector stated that eleven motor-car drivers' licenses Karl been issued, which brought the total for the borough tip to 789. ' The Waterworks Committee reported that the relaying of mains in the various streets," with the exception of Carlton Road, between Huntly Avenue and Park Road, had been completed - under the street improvement loan, No. 6. Water consumed during July totalled 5,992,000 gallons, compared with 6,643,000 gallons in July, 1925. The decrease was accounted for by the disconnection of the railway workshops. '