BIRKENHEAD SEEKING DRAINAGE LOAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 530, 6 December 1928, Page 2

BIRKENHEAD SEEKING DRAINAGE LOAN

The Birkenhead Borough Council held its fortnightly meeting last evening, the Mayor, Mr. E. G. Skeates, presiding. A letter was received from Mr. H. B. Burnett, secretary of the Auckland Harbour Board, stating that the board had reduced th*- *harge for the proposed septic tank - front £lO to £1 Is per annum. It was resolved to apply to the Local Government Loans Board for its sanction to borrow £50.000 for tbumrpose of installing a sewerage scheme within the borough. Five building permits were granted. In regard to the lease *>f the cottage and camping sites, etc., in the Kauri Point Domain, the Under-Secretary of the Department of Lands and Survey stated that the Commissioner of Crown Lands for North Auckland had been asked to furnish full particulars to the council, and arrangements will also be made to hand over tr* the council any funds that may be standing to the credit of the Domain. The waterworks engineer reported that eight people in the Waitemata Countyhad applied to be connected with the borough water supply. As the estimated cost of laying the pipe 80 chains was £340, the application was declined. It was decided to instal three fireboxes containing about 300 feet of hose in the congested areas for fire-fighting Cr. Jasper, in opposing these boxes, ad- , vocated a hand-reel and a voluntary brigade, as the danger of inexperienced people usi fc; a hose at a fire with the high-tension electric-wire overhead was too great. Cr. Hadfield gave notice of motion. “That every applicant for a motor-car omnibus licence under the borough bylaws shall be required to attend the council meeting in person.” NORTH ATLANTIC LINERS. —Within the course of the next month or two. trials will be run of the first six motor passenger liners which are now being built for service across the North Atlantic, one from this country, two from Hamburg, one from Cherbourg, one from Gothenburg, and the sixth from Trieste. The second will follow almost immediately, the third before the end of the year, and two of the remaining three will probably be completed before the end of , 1930 (says the “Motor Ship”). The characteristics of these liners differ very considerably, not only in passenger arrangements, but also in engineering equipment. An examination of the specifications of the vessels, also of the steamers now being built, enables an ( idea to be gained of the probable trend of Atlantic liner construction for some j years ahead. In addition to the motor ships, there, are three large steamers, the 26-knot ! 46,000-ton Europa and Bremen for the N.D.L. (both launched)', and the 35,000ton liner for the Canadian Pacific Co., besides the GO,OOO-ton White Star liner, which will probably have a high speed. Thus the Atlantic passenger vessels now building seem to divide themselves naturally- into two classes—the mammoth fast vessels which have to be built to uphold prestige, whether they pay or not. and the slower, smaller liners mainly for cabin and tourist passengers. All of the latter now under construction are motor ships. In the six motor liners, only two classes of engines are being utilised, both double- ! acting—the B. and W. fourstroke and ! the M.A.X. two-stroke: but there are many novelties in the machinery equipment. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Tofua, Maui Pomare, Kaikorai, Niagara, Dunedin. Diomede. Veronica, Laburnum. Matakana. Chatham Islands.—Mataroa, Canadian Britisher, Port Arthur, Turakina. Tamaroa, Ruapehu. Wellington.—r Maori. tVahine, Ngaio, Arahura. Tamahine, Aorangi, Karamea, Hertford, Port Auckland. . Kaponga, Wlrral, Norfolk, Glen Eden. Awarua.-C. A. Larsen. Sir J. C. Ross, X. T. Xilsen Alonso. City of New York, Eleanor Boling. Makura. Tahiti, Karetu. Port Curtis, Benliolm, Tainui. PORT OF ONEH’JNGA—ARRIVAL YESTERDAY RARAWA (7 a.m.), 1,077 tons, Bark, from New Plymouth. The Rarawa will leave for New -Ply - mouth a£ four o’clock this afternoon. The Arapawa is to be dispatched from Onehunga on Tuesday next, December 11. at 3 p.m.. with cargo for Wanganui. The Hauturu, -which was to arrive at Onehunga to-day from Raglan, Kawhia and Port Waikato, sails ae-ain at 3 o’clock this afternoon for Hokianga.