KARORI AFFAIRS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7448, 24 May 1911, Page 1

KARORI AFFAIRS

MEETING: OF THE COHNCIL. Th© ’ Karori Borough Council -met•■:last evening, the Mayor -(Mr C. Catbie/'pre©icjing. There were present—Councillors. Hildreth, Frost, Sfcandcn, Burn, , Bradnock, Nnnzno,’* Anderson, Horne and Hamilton. ' The city engineer wrote.relating that with the opening of the tramway extension to Karori Park the , number of tickets required to be handled on cars oh the Newtown to Karori run had been increased to such an extent that the con- - doctors were hampered-in the collection Of Tares at times.ofrheavy loading and in order to,. Tighten their work The tramways committee had author-ssed him to:negotiate with , the Karori Goun“ell "with the'- object of discontinuing • the 'issue of the 3£d t and 2-td tickets available •between t Johnston .street and the Kelburns avenue, and the. Karori tunnel ■and- the' Kelburne avenue respectively. No hardship.would be imposed on resi-" dents of Karori by this alteration, ns the Is 6d concession Tickets were available from, the Botanical Gardens to the Kclbnrno avenue. * The - 3£d.‘ and . 2-1 d r tickets were, issued in accordance .with the agreement -made 'between the,borough and -tbo oityTn 1907, and this* expired last year. The tickets were introduced because the Is fid concession tickets had not then been brought into operation. •The-Mayor thought they; might very well meet the city council in this matter. Persons could easily nee the Is C*J tickets. . 7 .A councillor: ’Suppose : we do not have eighteen 1 nonce; how do wc get on t. It was decided, on the motion of Councillor Hildreth, that the, suggestion Oi. the • city council be agreed to. Some discussion took place. regardinr a suggested alteration in the mornm;; Tam-time ‘ table, and the : matter wb* finally referred to the tramways commit*. - The tramways committee recommended that the'city electrical engineer's^recommendation in. regard to the erection ot signal's • at Dix's comer bo approved, and that to proceed with, their installation. ■ . . T t The Mayor said the t proposal to instai. the&o signals had been thrown., out by a previous council under a misapprehension. ‘ The late council was under the impression that the lights wore needed to provide for the safety of horse traffic, a precaution which they considered un~ necessary.' The purpose of the bghts, however, was to guard against a cai running past a loop and inter collision with another car at one of the bends. Two slight accidents had. ah"ready occurred. The provision of lights might prevent the occurrence of more serious accidents m the future, inc Karori line bad been remarkably f ee from accidents thus far, and the margin, of safety which these lights would give fully warranted the outlay involved. The committee's waff adopted. , , ~ , After some discussion it was deemed that the ten minuses' service to the council chambers between the hours oi 4.iyp.m. and 6 p.m. bo reinstated. , The engineer‘reported that maintenance work had been done on the Main road,; Old Karori road, McDonald, Donald and Stapden streets. The tarring of the tram track had been completed, the track passed by the. Government inspector, and the cars were now running to the new terminus at the park. _A start had been made last week with the bridge culvert and the trench had been t cut at the lower end.. Thi> report was adopted. 4 Councillor Hamilton had given notice to. move that the Valuation Department be asked to make a re-valuation ;of the borough, but when the matter camo up for consideration the mover stated that ho desired to vary his motion for the purpose of having a committee set up in connection with the matter./ A councillor objecting to .the variation, Councillor Hamilton withdrew' the /notion. Councillor Standen moved, in accordance with notice, that the matter of a shorter route to Karori be discussed. He 1 suggested that a committee congisting of the Mayor, and Conncillors Hildreth, Nimmo, Hamilton, and the mover bo set up to go into the quee- • tion and report to the. next meeting. The motion was carried.