Civic Snapshots

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 18

Civic Snapshots

Notes from the Council Chamber

The City Council's thanks for the notification from the Auckland Electric-Power Board that the burning hours of street lamps, now being extinguished at midnight, would be extended one hour without additional cost to local bodies, have been sent by the Works Committee, it was reported last evening. No further action in the acquisition of two sections on Taylor’s Hill, Tamaki, to give better access to the reserve on the top, according to the Auckland Town Planning Association's suggestion, was recommended by the Town Planning Committee. The Town Clerk is to arrange for the installation of a “suggestion box. ’ It will receive the suggestions of council employees and bonuses will j be awarded to those whose suggesj tions are adopted. Cr. Alice Hasten sponsored the idea. Addressing City- Council representatives on the Transport Board, Cr. Lundon exclaimed: “If you gentlemen are satisfied that you have the confidence of the public, test it. Get yourselves on the platform of the Town Hall and see what sort of a reception you’ll get.” The council and the Radio Broadcasting Company have agreed on the contract for the broadcasting of concerts by the Municipal Band. The amount of payment is £450 a year. Deciding on the policy and the practice of obtaining, for council officers, seasonal or annual transport tickets, as a result of a notice of motion by Cr. J. R. Lundon, (he committee recommended the issuing of instructions to departmental heads to secure the use of the more economical concession or annual passes. A Hot Mix “He had his face at the window, he saw the writing on the wall and he got in early in the rush.”—Cr. J. R. Lundon on a member of the Transport Board. A Bright Show [ The Mayor: Is it your wish that Cr. Lundon be allowed to continue? Cr. M. J. Coyle: Yes, it's better than Fuller’s. (Laughter.) Pleasant Reading Clerk (reading from Cr. H. P. Burton's report on Brisbane): The Mayor's honorarium is £I,OOO, and that of councillors £4OO. Councillors <in chorus): Urn, um. j Um ' *

“What actually is the difference- be--1 tween a long-shanked sheep and a; short-shanked pig?” asked Cr. T. ! Bloodworth. referring to the recent; slaughtermen's strike at the Westfield \ abattoirs. “The difference is five shillings,” j rejoined the Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon. Only Recorders | “The public does not care a tinker's ; j dam for you five —you are only recorders, except one, its the leader; I they’re concerned about.” —Cr. Luu-! ; don, referring to the “Transport Six.” i