DEVONPORT AFFAIRS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 878, 23 January 1930, Page 10

DEVONPORT AFFAIRS

DOGS ON BEACHES ENFORCING NEW BY-LAW “You cannot use tact with a. doas I previously remarked,” staled \l'’ E. Aldridge, Mayor of Devonport. a * a meeting of the borough council last evening, when the inspector asked foinstructions regarding the enforcin'* of the by-law forbidding people allow dogs to run about the beaches A number of complaints have be«n made by bathers and beach-lovers, and one dog-owner flatly defied th« council’s official when he advised keefc. ing her dog on the leash. It was decided that the by-law—-the one recently tested in the courts —would be strictly enforced in future "I want this farce stopped,” declarti Mr. J. Hislop, whose grievance wm that fresh water could not be obtained at the dinghy skids behind the Irk though an elaborate method of metering and conserving the water had been devised, and a guarantee of payment made. It transpired that there were two stop-taps on the water pipe, the whereabouts of one being known to borough employees, who had been on holiday. The councillor was mollified by the assurance that there would be plenty of water available from today. In an effort to help the ‘Charity Stamp” campaign, the town clerk wa* authorised- to purchase £4 worth of stamps. Up to January, 62 per cent, of th® current year’s rates have been col* lected, the amount of money beins £1,440 above the payments for the same period last year. It is anticipated that an additional £IO.OOO will be paid before the end of January, when the 10 per cent, penalty on uapaid rates becomes operative.