CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 4

CITY COUNCIL.

NOTICES OF MOTION.

■' ; ;/The Mayor has ;given;notice..that-lie-will move -iat,to-morrow's meeting of : the City; Council:— : ;{;■« '•{';'*{: '-';■{'.;;*'.

. resolution' -passed :'ati the meeting of the council held oh; July 14,' 1910, having/ reference to the i purchase by the council from- the -trustees /of:{the 'late H." DV 'Crawford's''' estate: of; 20; acres of .land at .Lyall Bay;at £180 \ per acre (subject to,, a . right ;of. access through same),:and: the iakirig over of four acres adjoining:from the said'■;trustees for roady purposes,v-;the :road ; ''to|(-be.' f 'fdrmed.'-'-by'\the- / coiincil-''at' : its own'/cdst, ;be'..''rtecmded."-■.■:{■'.'■// ~ :: : .

;(B); "That for.tlie:purpose of arecreatiori ground for.-the ;city/3he{council purchase'"from ,the, saidtrustees,; 24 acres (more or less) of land, at; Lyall •Bay immediately 'adjpuiing'the land recently; acquired by' the. council:, from; the; said trustees, and extending /eastwards: to the rocks at:'the/end of the; beach', and. southwards,W/;high : water'\,mark., without any .restriction/'as to:;'access, road formation or: otherwise, at a price to be mutually agreed upon between the 'council and the. trustees, or, ip. the alternative.", / '/'v:;;:'.:.:■:.:;

(c) "That the' council forthwith take under the Public ,Works Act,'l9oß/ such 24, acres; of-land (or. such-, other/area: as the council may, decide) for the pur-, poses' of a'.recreation gTound,. for, the 'city.!'.,...; ■:-. ~:':.V;:'.;;'/;V.v/;:-: ' /'-:'.:

'■':'• At 'the 'same meeting Councillor Shirtcliffe will move:-- ;

(1) "That the following', : resolution passed at a meeting of the City Council held on September 8, 1910, berescinded: 'That the Legislation Committee's: powers be extended so that:t&ey',ran 'deal : with: all corporation leasehold property. except town belt, and also all questions of land compensation:' " '"-.'>.v^

(2) "That before the final plans'for the.new railway, station'and yards are adopted, the Government be' urged 7 to again consider tho advisability' of taking, up the Lambton-Te Aro section of railway, ,and that other local bodiesj.tho. Chamber of Commerce and the' members for'the, .district' be'.asked to co-, operate with the council'in making' the necossary .•representations.". . ''■':