NORTHCOTE BOROUGH

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 65, 8 June 1927, Page 7

NORTHCOTE BOROUGH

e J na '* or « Mr. A. E. Greenslade, exCni»*. e ?i to the Northcote Borough ne ncd * as t night that it would be to nr**, 1 ? to c °H ec t additional rates, fun* ov i de t°r payment on the sinking £?- c harpes which had risen from TK )° i;5 ' 185 and , crease in the hospital levy also the higher cost of street lighting In tended toward higher rates. reply to a deputation of yachtsea^ hy Mr. H. George, which site « on the council, to obtain a boat i i financial assistance to erect 0n inkers on the council’s property Rran* Beach, it was decided to side * e USe of a site on the northern t>urrv#»°t the sewerage tanks for the SBgrVi a rental of 5s a year, but to iss).; tllQ deputation that financial could not be given, four S ounci l in committee appointed *tt s me *nbers, Messrs. E. J. ' A ' T Munn. P. J. Ryan and R. Pronn ( ‘° mm ittee to investigate the p i t he Northcote Residents’ concref 11 > Pay T rs ’ Association to erect Han.. bathing sheds on Sulphur and Reaches. of th * COSt °t a "'all to prevent erosion Se " Ward side of the Stafford Tho a ? erve is to be obtained. Kpj eVVS of the Northcote Volunteer are to be ascertained on

the question of a joint Birkenhead and Northcote brigade. It was decided to tar-seal Onewa Road, for a distance of 44 chains, from the end of the concrete at the War Memorial to the boundary of the borough at a cost of £125. The engineer. Mr. Greville Walker, recommended that a small portion of the property that stands on the corner of Queen Street should be purchased with a view to widening the road.

The resignation of Mr. P. Colvin, foreman of works, was accepted with regret and appreciation of his long and valued services to the borough was recorded. He was granted one month’s leave of absence on full pay.