MOUNT ROSKILL BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20424, 28 November 1929, Page 16

MOUNT ROSKILL BOARD.

WESTERN AREA DRAINAGE. ROAD AND FOOTPATH WORK. The Mount Roskill Road Board met on Tuesday evening, the chairman, Mr. E. F. Jones, presiding. It was decided to call for tenders for three separate contracts for draining the western area under the scheme sanctioned by the ratepayers at the recent poll. The Wesley College Trust Board advised that it had no funds to assist in erecting a sea wall to retain Kingswood Terrace, Waikowhai. It was decided that a deputation should wait upon the Trust Board. The Auckland Harbour Board intimated tha& the Lands and Survey Department was taking steps to have section 30 of the harbour endowment on the Manukau Harbour foreshore vested in the Mount Roskill Road Board as a public reserve. The engineer, Mr. John Dawson, submitted alternative suggestions for ,utilising tho unoxpended balance of £157 allocated to Arkell Road, either to cover with metal chips and tar as far as <ht> money would go, approximately 15 chains, or to scarify Uia whole road and trim it up. The former scheme was authorised by a majority of one vote, A ratepayer in Selwyn Road asked the board to reinstate his concrete pathway and front wall, which were left above the new level of the pathway. Members were of opinion that to do the work would create a dangerous precedent, but as it was understood that a promise was made by the board's former engineer the matter 1 was referred to the Works Committee with power to act. The board decided to hold no meeting between December 17 and February 4, any urgent business arising during that interval to be transacted by the chairman of the board in conjunction with the chairmen of all committees.