OTAHUHU

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 374, 10 May 1918, Page 3

OTAHUHU

y OTAHUHU BOROUGH COUNCIL. LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. At the fortnightly meeting of the Otahuhu Borough Council held last evening there were present the ""Mayor (Mr A. McDonald), Crs H. J. Hall, F. R. Field, H. V. Btringer, H. J. Moffitt and R. Todd, with the Town Clerk (Mr W. J. Dinniwn). BUILDING BY-LAWB. With reference to the resolution passed by the Council on the 30th April last granting a building permit to Dr. McDonald to erect a house at the corner of Railway Street and Great South Road Cr Field moved in accordance with notice of motion given " That the resolution passed on the 30th ultim relative to the granting of a building permit to Dr McDonald be rescinded." On the motion being put this was agreed to by the Council. The Mayor then reported that in company with Dr McDonald he had interviewed the Council's solicitor

with a view to ascertaining tne legal interpretation of the building bylaws and as a result the question raised had been amicably settled. Dr McDonald, who was in attendance at the Council meeting, asked that in regard to Clause 81 of the Council's by-laws relative to the provision of hollow walls he should be allowed to bnild a hollow wall of 12 inches thick instead of 13 inches On the motion of the Mayor this permission was granted. As to building in accordance with the boundary line Dr McDonald made formal application as follows : " I beg to request that since By-law 110 would needlessly injurious!v affect the course and operation of business and would be attended with great loss and inconvenience to me if strictly enforced without any corresponding benefit to the community the Council should relax the strict observance of this by-law." Cr Field moved that Dr McDonald should be permitted to build in accordance with the application with the addition of the words " placing the wall as near the liue of Railway Street as he wishes." After some informal discussion the resolution was carried and Dr McDonald was informed that a permit would be granted to him as desired. Comment was made by' r Stringer that whilst he had no desire to oppose Dr McDonald's application he regarded the permit as a breach of the by-law Cr Hall explained that when the by-laws were fr-imed advice was sought by two local builders on the subject He mentoined this to show that expert local advice was sought before the by-lawsfwere framed. Cr Todd asked Cr Hall who these builders were, but Cr Hall replied that " Cr Todd could refer to the minute books."

Cr Todd fhen stated that Mr Whitely had informed him that the by-laws were most absurd and in no way resembled the City's by-laws as had been inferred. STOCK ROUTE Cr Moffitt suggested that the sign boards bearing the words " Cattle Road " should be altered to " Stock Route " as they were misleading, letters being frequently addressed to " Cattle Road."—lt was resolved to have the boards altered as suggested. MISCELLANEOUS. Messrs Cashmore Bros , Limited, Timber Merchants, Auckland, in a letter to the Council asked permission to dump some pine logs at the end of Cracroft Street-a blind road terminating at the Tamaki River.— On the motion of Cr Moffitt it was resolved to grant the necessary permit on Messrs Cashmore Bros de positing the sum of £lO to cover any damage that might be sustained. A request was made by Mr A. W. Wood for a proper approach to his residence in Walmsley Road which he described as c" isgracef ul. H e also enquired if better lighting could not be provided—lt was decided to provide an approach but the question of lighting was referred to the Public Service Commitcee. Application was made by Mr Roy Miller for the use of Council's shed on Fairburn Road for the purpose of training the Otahuhu Fourth Grade Football team.—On the motion of Cr Moffitt it was rs>!ved to grant the request. SI'EI'JAL -VIEETIXfi.

A special meeting was fixed for Thursday evening next a* s p.m, to consider the estimates for the coming year, a recommendatiou from the Finance Committee that the Works Committee should prepare estimates for an expenditure of £IOOO, plus the amount lequired for hbour, being adopted.

FIXAXOE. The Town Clerk reported that the receipts for the month of April were as follows :—General Account £:> l 7s Ts, Park Account £'2 10s, Domain Account £G 10s; and that the balances at the end of the month were as under: District Fund Account (Debit) £309!) 18s 7d ; Cemetery Account (Credit) £73 fis lid; Park Account £18.5 14s (id : Domain Account (Credit) £2C 1 is <M Accounts amounting to £.".<;.', o s Id were passed for payment. A pleasing event took place on Sunday afternoon last when Mips Bertha Harnett was presented by her fellow members of the Otahuhu Methodist Bible Class with a travel-ling-bag as a mark of the high esteem in which she is held. R» gret was expressed that she was leaving the district. A handicap tournament in aid of the Otahuhu patriotic funds is in course of progiess at Chamberlain's billiard sajoon. The fifth round has now been reached and of the players remaining in the contest according to "those who know" Nobby Taylor is likely to be the winner with George Adcock the runner-up ai, 1 <i VV

Koujjilay securing third honours. The linal, which is likely to create a good deal of local interest, is expected to be played off next week. In connection with the appeal for providing troops in Mesopotamia with winter comforts the President (Mrs A. McDonaldj of the Otahuhu Branch of the Women';* Patriotic League invites ladies to assist by sewing to send their names to the Secretary (Miss Pilkington) or to attend at the Parish Hall on Thursday afternoons. It may be added that garments can be obtained ready cut out as also wool tor knitting. As a number of ladies are only too anxious to assist this worthy cause it is hoped they will resp-md .to the appeal. At the Borough Council meeting, held last evening, the Mayor (Mr A. McDonald) reported that he had attended the meeting of representativfs of Local Authorities convened by the Mayor of Auckland on Friday last to-consider what action should be taken to commemorate the services to the nation of the late Lieutenant C mmander W. E. Sanders, V.C. His Worship mentioned that a let k f r was read at that meeting from King George referring to the late officer's devotion to duty, while the Admiralty had written that the deeds of the late Lieutenant-Commander Sanders were "such as entitled his name to be inscribed imperishably ■on the same roll of naval history where stand the names of Blake and Nelson," Mr McDonald, in strongly supporting the proposal that some memorial should be erected to perpetuate the late officer's memory, mentioned that he had been appointed as a member of Mie Committee to cor sider what form the'memorial should take. A suggestion had been made that in addition to a memorial to be erected a naval Scholarship should be established but the final consideration of the matter would be made later. His Worship added that 9% ,the officer was a New Zealander he thought tint at !e;i«t the people of the Auckland l'n>viiic« should do all they could to perp->m;i'e ihe memory of one who had done s>ueh noble work.