AT THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 222, 18 August 1914, Page 4

AT THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

is p:e ■ n. lI:IIt ;n I;i : > i t!:» i'A". i.v lie i! v.:u !i C< ui.e ! were »r.c May'r. Crs liiatty, Hilk y, Coiiiito, iis;ll.ll'u•, MUlta.-d, Hurl y, McGough and PclloK.

Cr Hamilton r.ported that in em'uctimi with t! e altc-rauon to the , easieru boundary if tiie ime as suggested bo adopted it woul ! i.oi I take i i hujs;s o:i to re of t-.e I[J opolli3 as wits into lied, rud he ; was of the opinion that the matter should ie further cjnsidtrt<i. —Ti.e | matter was deferr-J aad t,.e cornI n.iitea authorised ta take wat a.tiou th y co tideied necessary in 1 tha mat e .

The iViayar r. pit d that the i Djmain lo.n tlebe.iturts were i.ow i:e .i iy ready. Cr Comrie reported that the | Wo:k-j Committee had apprra'hed ; tr.e Hallway Department in reference to the propped alterations to Stsiio.i Kodd; as it was n cesI sary tu make further alteraj tiona to the roa i beyond the otation | the committ e that the i Council could do tha whole of the | ;oad mote advai.tigeou-ly tha i if | the Kailway Dcpartm. Nt did part j;n 1 th-j committee did pa-t. The i Department had therefore been ! asked if it weuhl aiiovv the Council to do the work aid if so what i amount til i) paitmer.t would aliaw i tor thine. — Ii connection \sith this .iialllr a icttir was received fiom j t-.o Uist.iet E"gineer s lying that I iiie (< uru':l was being \ c nti e.eii I y the Department.

in •. ie-.v (i lie present v< ar ci i= is ii ;'.as deci. i d to defer all loan proposals la. me month. PermisOoa u;i given to Messrs i;..t,.0;i and ija.iaghcr to erect a unci ov. r t e d-ain proposed to oe lihe i i.. p-.s th. ir property. Coop.r and Lu:d wrote in refer- . !,ce to .he Cci, i il placing an order {\,r a ; lay with a a Auckland tirm vvi'.h u 1 giving I .ca 1 tradesmen an opportunity to teniLr far same. —it wts decided to reply saying that the business had been left in the hsnch of a eomniittee whoie action had not been qstioned. Th: VV&'varui County Coun.il asked this Coun.il to ,'upp:rt th: ir applica ion to the Government to pass a Validating Bill, enabling local Codies ta devote a twentieth share of their levenucs to furchase in New Zealand food supplies to be shipped and placed at tha di pjtal of tiie Home Government. —On tie mo i m of Crs Ilubbard and Pollock the follawirg recolution was csiri.d: " i hat this Council, having due regard to the seriousness of the situation and the importance cf a;sistirg Great Britain to the utmost in our power, asks the Government to pass a Validating Bill enabling this Council to devote a twentieth pirt of its revenue to the purchase in N;w Zsvland of f .0.1 supplies for th a r. lief of t!.e p-.or in N.w Zealand or Great Britain.

The Fiime Minister rep]it(! sayii g that this Council's representations re the need of the scoria hills near Auckland as sources of metal supplies would be carefully co: :•; iertci,

P. Bjyd a3k.1l the Council to place eorne seei~.a on Franklin road in order to make it available for vehicular traflic. ■- It was decided: " 1 hat sc'.ria oil' railway line, unci purchased by the Council, be placed on this read and (hat Mr Boyd he informed that the road shall receive attention as soon as it is sulliciently dry to work on." A complaint by F. WighUnan, that water had ccillec'ed in the water-tables oppct-i u hi 3 property, was referred to the foreman.

Cr Hubbard askul for the footpath to be formed on Wilkinson's road.— It was stated that this work tad been authorised (0 bo done hut the foreman had not yet had an opportunity of doing it.

Cr Hamilton mentioned tiu bud state of tie road from the corner of Mauukau road along the new road to Auckland, and asked that 3ome scoria be provided for tam \

l'he foreman was instructed to <.xtend the scoria from Manuknu load corner over the culvert recently put

A lecent false alaim was iefer:ed to, and it was decided to give notice that no person may light fires in tLe open within the torough between the hours of Eunset an i sunrise without writt.n permissijn from the Town Clerk.

Un the motion of Cr Hubbard, seconded by the Mayor, it was decided that all permanent employees of the Council rectivj 14 days holiday each jear, at buitabic timea to be mutually arranged.