SPRING WILL BRING RELIEF TO UNEMPLOYED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 420, 31 July 1928, Page 16

SPRING WILL BRING RELIEF TO UNEMPLOYED

NOTE OF OPTIMISM ONEHUNGA COUNCIL MEETS “There seems little doubt that we are at the peak of the distress, and it is hoped that the coming spring will bring with it a considerable drop in expenditure.” A letter from the Auckland Hospital Board received by the Onehunga Borough Council last evening pointed out that the board’s estimate of £ 30,000 for unemployment relief, had been exceeded for the quarter just ended by £2,333. The council was urged to co-operate with the hospital board in an endeavour to compel the Government to treat expenditure in relieving unemployment as a lationa. question, and thus relieve the. present enormous strain on local rates. The council passed a resolution recording its regret that the Government had not seen fit to deal with unemployment as a national question. Permission to erect a telephone on the taxi stand at the corner of Queen and Church Streets was granted. The Auckland Harbour Bridge Association requested the approval and financial support of the council for the proposed bridge across the Waitemata. The letter was received. . The Auckland Rugby League is to be notified that in view of the Manukau Rovers and Onehunga Football Clubs requiring all the available playing grounds on the recreation reserve this season, the council regrets that it cannot allocate the League a ground, but it will be given consideration next year. COURSES FOR HEALTH OFFICERS The Department of Health advised that a refresher course of instruction for all sanitary officers and others dealing with questions of public health, will be held in Wellington in January next. Local bodies are requested to grant leave of absence to permit their officers attending the course. The council decided to make application to the Hightvays Board for a subsidy toward the permanent formation of Mount Smart or May’s Roads. The sexton reported that a new block on the Hillsborough cemetery containing 70 sections was now ready for use, and the council decided to make a charge of £6 a section. After considering the clauses of the proposed war memorial museum bill it was agreed to give it no support. McCarten Bros, wrote asking that the royalty on scoria taken from Mount Smart under their contract be reduced to Is a yard, in which case they were prepared to carry on the contract for a further six months. The request was granted. Messrs. Wyfiyard, Wilson, Vallance and Holmclen are to be given the council’s legal business as from October 1 next. After a full consideration of a letter from the Auckland City Council the recommendation of the Onehunga Council In committee that the proposed water supply bill be opposed, was adopted, and it was further decided to solicit the support of other suburban bodies in opposing the measure. The district fund account is £3,418 in debit, and the following loan accounts are in credit:—Drainage advances, £184: water mains, £394; destructors, £BS. The Works Committee reported that the work of levelling the plots on the railway reserve near the wharf is now complete. The soil for top-dressing has been carted and spread, and the plots are to be sown in grass forthwith. Accounts amounting to £1,165 were passed for payment.