DEVONPORT BOROUGH

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 96, 14 July 1927, Page 3

DEVONPORT BOROUGH

MEETING OF COUNCIL Devonport Borough Council met last evening, attended by Messrs. Aldridge, Mayor, Hislop, Browne, Massey, H. A. Campbell, Enright, W. Campbell and Lyon. The Victoria League was granted permission to hold a street collection. An inquirer for the opportunity to purchase one or more of the disused fire bells in the borough is to be informed that, a price is to be put on them. Out of four applicants for the position of caretaker at Rangitoto Island Mr. H. H. Bach was selected to meet the council. The development of the Vauxhall reserve as a football ground is awaiting the decision of the Rugby Union as to what work it can undertake. The Vauxhall Tennis Club, which has for some years been steadily improving the reserve at Narrow Neck, waited on the council as a deputation to urge action in the completion of three tennis courts already commenced. The club has carried out work on the money advanced by the council and in the case of the three courts mentioned a contractor did not complete the job of formation in the manner wanted and a sum of £lO was held out of the contract money of £ 350. It is now found that owing partly to delay the work will require £l2O to complete. The Tennis Club declines to accept further liability. On the motion of the Mayor the matter was deferred until September, when it may be possible to undertake the work. The borough, in its capacity as a Domain Board, has in its control several houses on King’s Parade, one of them being Munn House, occupying the site of an old Maori meeting-house and built by Mr. Munn, formerly a well-known resident. The house fell on evil days and was eventually cut into four flats by the Borough Council and let that way. Now the building inspector has condemned it. The council considered cutting the twostorey house into two and re-erecting them on other sections owned by the council. Cr. Massey objected, saying the council had rubbish enough now, but a price is to be obtained for the work. The value of new buildings in June was £8,982 and renovations £5,107. The engineer recommended the installation of an automatic pump for sewage at Stanley Bay at a cost of £ll3 to replace the present pumps that give trouble. The borough has no records of its sewage system going back beyond six years and the engineer advises getting what records that can be obtained