HAMILTON NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 826, 21 November 1929, Page 6

HAMILTON NEWS

fn»»i Ottr Ou'n Correspond* Hamilton's railway bridge, although ! M iql t<‘ !>♦* strong structurally. his j been th“ subject of public criticism j littly .is the footway and approaches! have deteriorated anil arc in a very r High condition. Several thousand j r» sidents us*' the footbridge daily, and . t last evening's meeting the Borough 1 • ounoil decided to ask the Railways Department to effect improvements. • * * The big waterworks improvement scheme, provided for in the L‘4o,Oi>o , loan, is gradually approaching eoraple- j tion. although there is much still to be • l«*nc, including the erection of the i water tower. The filters have already b. mii purchased, and headway is now being made with the new pumpingplant. At the Borough Council meet- ! ing last evening the tender of the j Wallace Engineering Co., of Auckland. ! an £ 3«2 17s 3d was accepted for pipe- J fittings in connection with the installa- j tion. Recently the Hamilton Motor-Cycle j « lub considered proposals for laying down a permanent cinder track and | • reeling a pavilion for future sports 1 • vents. Negotiations have been pi* >- I • ceding between the club and the Bor- i ough Council for the lease of an are i north of the town known as the Old Sanitary Reserve. Because the council will only grant a five years’ leas- ! without the right of renewal the club! has abandoned the scheme.