ONEHUNGA COUNCIL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 836, 3 December 1929, Page 11

ONEHUNGA COUNCIL

FREE WATER FOR SCHOOLS

FISH HAWKERS RESTRICTED A request for free water by the Onehunga and Te Papapa public school committees has led to an investigation by the Onehunga Borough Council, the result of which was disclosed at its meeting last evening. The Onehunga pupils consume 623,000 gallons, and the Te Papapa scholars dispose of 409,000 gallons, a year. Recognising the hygienic value of its water supply, the council decided to allow free water to the schools up to the present average consumption, after the committees have remitted unpaid balances amounting to X's ISs 6d. The complaint of fishmongers against the undercutting of prices by fish hawkers has been met by the imposition of a hawking fee of X2 a year, the exclusion of hawkers from the main thoroughfare, and the fixture of a permanent selected stand. Owing to complaints about the uni seemly behaviour of bathers using the Church Street bathing sheds, the attendant is now to .report all offenders, and to be supplied with an official cap. A by-law is to be drafted specifying that two-piece bathing suits must be worn on the beach by bathers. Permission was granted for holding a picture entertainment on Christmas night, subject to the town clerk’s approval being given to the programme. Mr. F. S. Morton notified that he intended to resign his membership of the Transport Board this week, and on the motion of Cr. P*. W. Mountjoy Mr. Morton was accorded a vote of i thanks for his services. It was also suggested that the council, as a body, should arrange to meet Mr. Morton for the purpose of expressing its confidence in him. A letter was received from the Auckland City Council stating that the present agreement between the two councils for the supply of water to the city abattoirs at Westfield expires on May 23. 1931, the rate being lOd a thousand gallons. The City Council wanted to know upon what terms the borough would be prepared to renew the agreement for a minimum supply of 15,000,000 gallons a year for a further term of five years after the expiry of the existing agreement. Cr. W. C. Hill, chairman of the j waterworks committee, reported that ; 21,664,000 gallons had been consumed j :il the abattoirs last year. One coun- ! eilJor suggested that the charge be increased to Is 3d a thousand gallons, in uniformity with the City Council’s price to oilier local bodies. This, how. ! ever, was not adopted, and the present agreement is to be renewed for a further five years at- the old price, j The medical officer of health reported that the periodical bacterio--1 logical analysis of the water supply ! bad proved satisfactory, j A request by the Te' Papapa school ; committee for a donation toward the i annual prize fund was declined. this is a game that two can plav ” ! was the comment of the Mayor, Mr. i J “ Morton, when a formal notice was I read from the One Tree Hill Road I Buard giving the council one month i to cut the noxious weeds in Neilson l Street. Maurice Road. and Mount | bmart Domain. ; An invitation was accepted from t!io Onehunga brunch of the Auckland I Hospital Auxiliary to attend a Christj mas treat at the Auckland Infirmary on December 7.