PAPAKURA TOWN BOARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 686, 11 June 1929, Page 10

PAPAKURA TOWN BOARD

The Papakura Town Board met las l evening, Mr. James McCall presidinover a full attendance of i.-iember ; . Mr. H. E. McEntee, one ot inboard's delegates to the recent conference of local bodies on to\yn-planni-V reported that the Director of Tt*n Planning had given an interesting dress and the proposals put forward were quite workable. v The basis of representation wouu* be two members to 10.000 and o • Places such as Devonport would ban equitable footing with Aiickl*- _ Places like Papakura would get onrepresentative. The board endorsed the resoluuo carried at the recent local bodies con ference in Auckland. . In response to a request from ™ board to extend the availability * workers’ weekly tickets to « riving at their destinations ’ a.m., instead of 8 a.m., the genj* manager of Railways, Mr. H. H. - ing, used many of the de P ar i”l cur . reasons over again, such as en aging workers to live in suburbs, that the availability of these tick (workers’ weekly) could not y j.. tended without abandoning tne P ciple laid down when these tickets were first inaugurated. Ano reason -was that an extension mean serious loss of revenue nd department’s finances could not the loss involved. Mr. Sterling • *j v stated that the time had not ai - time been extended from S ese that the regulations governing , tickets provided that the horn journey could be made by any (mail or express excepted), K on vision being necessary for wor *L in£ , wharves when no work Mr. H. E. McEntee took eiceP to the general manager s S“ ucthat the availability of worker kets had .never been extended m 8 a_m. He said he had him*elft« elled in 190:; or 1903 from to Avondale with these tickets ana rived at his destination after »° le ,- The regulation then was the J ■ must be started before 8 a^ ir dio completed before 9 a.m. The ‘ the meantime is taking no & - c Yi - xyaI \- The Under-Secretary to the t be ment of Justice acknowledges _ receipt of the board’s letter re Q c 0U *-: the department to place the ne . ao d house well back from Jhe ru - replied that the Public Works w ment had been asked to give 33 the wishes of the board as possible. . _ c ornThe chairman of the nnnna forth* mittee submitted the estimates Tb* coming year, which were adoi t ’ ye ar. rates are to be the same as 3 1 -4d in the £l. This has oni. possible by reducing the gen ge i.one halfpenny. The sanitary ‘ nU ai. to be C 1 6s a service . - he The water charges are to reman M same and a rebate of o per C be’ given for prompt payment p oW er As the Auckland hAec&jC * dc . Board had reduced its cnarg board mestie power by 10 per cent.. ofl decided to ask for a street lighting, now - 4 pais It was pointed out that r» ke £4 a light and had more ijchtiM' ! and longer hours of street | than Papakura.