NEWMARKET DRAINAGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 712, 11 July 1929, Page 16

NEWMARKET DRAINAGE

REPAIRING OF TUNNEL A considerable amount of ordinary business was dealt with at last evening’s meeting of the Newmarket Borough Council. The Mayor, Mr. E. Donaldson, presided. Explaining that he was under engagement to erect new premises at the corner of Broadway and Station Street, Mr. T. U. "Wells desired to know, be- ' fore going to tho expense of preparing ; plans, if tho council was prepared to consider an application, in view of the restrictions placed upon his property by the council’s * town-planning proposals. The Legal and Finance Committee will report. The engineer reported in connection with an investigation about a collapsed 24-inch drain on the railway property, that a section of 270 feet, between Abel's and the manhole in Union Street, had collapsed and would cost in the vicinity of £250 to repair.! As it was necessary to make provision for a large amount of storm water, and in view of the high cost of relay, the most economical scheme was to discharge it all at Abel’s. The collapsed portion would be ultimately cut off. The report was adopted. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF Cr. R. T. Michaels asked who constituted the personnel of “The Unemployment Committee,” inquiring for particulars of relief works, wages paid and the number of workers employed each month during the past three years. It was agreed to supply the information. On the motion of the Mayor, it was decided to discuss in committee all correspondence referring to leases, tenancy and rents of the councirs properties in the borough. Mr. E. H. Potter, Mayor of Mount Eden, notified that a conference of local bodies had decided to present at tho present session of Parliament a Bill for the formation of a provincial water board. The traffic inspector reported that 1,647 drivers’ licences had been issued to date; also that 67 heavy traffic licences had been granted, the majority being upon quarterly payments. The building inspector reported that for the month of June he had issued permits for buildings involving a total of £2,435.

A donation of £1 Is was granted to the Harbour Bridge Association.