ONEHUNGA INTERESTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21458, 4 April 1933, Page 7

ONEHUNGA INTERESTS

BOROUGH BALANCE-SHEET PROPOSED SWIMMING BATH The Mayor of Onehunga, Mr. E. Morton, announced at a meeting of tho Onehunga Borough Council last even-,, ing that the annual balance-sheet for the year ended March 31 had been com-'-' pleted* It disclosed a debit of £4,399, due largely to an abnormal amount of unpaid rates. A proposal to extend Trafalgar Street as far as Cardwell Street was approved. The Mayor said this work would involve the filling in of an old rock quarry and the closing of Nixon Street between Queen and Cardwell Streets. Tho work, which would effect a considerablo improvement to an important business area, would be carried out almost entirely by relief labour, i The work of further beautifying the waterfront by levelling and grassing the new railway, reserve near the Onehunga Wharf by relief labour was authorised. A communication was received from the New Zealand Amateur Swimming'' Association offering suggestions as to the construction of the proposed swimming bath at Onehunga. It was decided to accept the co-operr tion of the Swimming Association and to suggest that that body should take the initiative in forming a local swimming club. It was decided that the bath should bo 100 ft. wide and 132 ft. long. The Mavor said the estimate of cost was £IC73. The Works Committee was recommended to confer with the Swimming Association and submit a report to the council at its next meeting. A dispute between the Auckland Ro-> turned Soldiers' Association and the Onehunga Ex-Servicemen's Club concerning a proposed street collection on Poppy Day was settled by permission being granted to the Auckland association to take up the collection, subject to satisfactory arrangements being reached with the local club. The following tenders for leasing borough reserves were accepted:— May l s Road. McCarten Brothers, £7 10s a year; Mount Smart Domain (17 ncres), D. Elder, £27 10s; Mount Smart Domain (1* acres), £5; Allan Springs, Mr. R. G. Speight, 30s. Permission was given to tho St. John Ambulance Association to make a street collection on October G.