BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1038, 31 July 1930, Page 8

BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL

Thu Birkenhead Borough Council held its fortnightly meetin* last even ins. the Mayor, Mr. J. F. Men*"*. Pt Mr?j?ss. Dyson, the Main Highway* Board representative on the No. * trict Council, advised that the admims tration of main highways matters m the Waitemata County area '•™ Birkenhead are to be administered the No 2 District Council Auckland. The question of declarm tion of additional highways nual estimate, will still by the No. 1 District Council "ot» n the' ltd vice of the it was decided to register all houses, butcher’s shops and fish an P* at an annual fee of -s W- rtmn i. The secretary of No. - lt bus District Committee **'’***£ *£& approved of the running t h« the midnight boat, and »u«> o rtsed «»• proprietors to charge double fa lh stated that the olosm* of the Albany Road while concrete wa. being laid might be detrimental t business people of the bo ™Hj!’' thc oto [ would divert traiKc through No* h sen l or Dcvonport. It was ■‘‘•solved to send I v protest to the Highways Board sa to ark them to keep half the road op A deputation was received fr“■* * Birkdale Fruitgrowers and io payers’ Association on the ouestlon t increased water charges h«. fc T||e meter, from 11 a \ o.»r »o ~ _ , Jisvor said that the legal and F n no j ' mmittee had gone into the quePt.OiJ. ! but metering the borcu^h * -ito again at a .ater