NORTHLAND AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2197, 9 July 1914, Page 4

NORTHLAND AFFAIRS

MUNICIPAL MATTERS REVIEWED. | flio anuir.l meeting cf the Northhnj ' Municip?] Electors' Assfiatio- was held kst night. Tho aii'iiia". icnjrt of tho association,, sulmiuel to the* "looting and adopted, stated thai the p-'st jc/r has been one of progress Interest, in the as-*ociat'on hart beer, 'veil maiu~j ,, i'<<l There >\as still room fci eoncideiablc improvement pi the hght'iig jid unprovc™r.V of some of the ro'ads in tho district, however, and it .vas hoped that this roi'ld be attended to during ihe present ..oar. '.Pic as?ociatio:i approached the City Counc'il regarding + ho inadequate firo brgado sh&! and app'ianccs ai> Northland, wiih tho re.nlt that-provision for an up-to-date station and, coJiwncnt lincj b"c'i I'iaJe in the loan proposals sboitlv to bo placed be f orc tlie electors One ot tho nest important matters vn-de-lakon by the dnr.inc tjo voir,vias in ; connoeh<m with tho shortening of the t r aFiwav rciuc from tho city to Karcri. Ten thousand pounds wo'ro allocated for this work or. tho proposed 'can, but tho amount was-suo<-e----ri"cntlv deleted, and *ho council decided to drpn tho scheme indefinitely. "Tins delation," stated Ihc report, "is oacllv r"(|i]ired, and does not foe! inchr"d to nih.-ht to ihat is considered as | a great injustice, not onlj _to Ncrth'and Ivi Karori residerts, without takr.-g further action."