BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1050, 14 August 1930, Page 10

BIRKENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Birkenhead Borough Counc l met last evening, the Mayor. Mr. J. P. McPhail. presiding. The Clt> Treasurer forwarded a cheque * or £152 13s sd, being proportion of hear traffic licence fees for the quarter ending June 30. A donation of £1 Is* w as made the Labour Day Celebration Committee. The No. 2 District Highway Counc: advised in reference to the closing 1 the Birkenhead-Albany Road, that t. • I subject had been taken up with ti Waitemata County Council. Tl* county engineer advised, however, tithe temporary closing of this r ® Ul to general traffic had been advertise* and traffic must use the Oteha "V and East Cqast Roads', where provision was being made for local traffic to lithe road. Mr. Andrew Murray t county engineer, also wrote that it was not possible to satisfactory job of the e^ er .. jjfflength of cement penetration . . eulty was experienced in maint the road for through traffic. The Under -Secretary of Inte Affairs advised that the a PP^ >1 ti , e 0 n of the Government’s representative the Eire Board was under con , tion, and the complete personnel ot board would be gazetted in The insurance company's rep tives are Messrs. Montague cumm and Charles Herbert "W - at l’ s.. P /? frotf A subsidy of £25 was rec t the Public Works Department, on Poppy Day funds. As the c s . also subsidised this fun ~* . rirtTia i suicided to apply for an additional sidy on the council's amotmt. i The council agreed to the m 0 Harbour Board’s proposal JaE some of the timber at the - . _ pjfc? ings at Birkenhead, and to pr * ena >- in place of the inner landing. ..i yacht and launch owners T their craft for cleaning board also advised that co onc * between the board and tne concerned, with reference ‘ ge3 f posal to provide a combined pa» and vehicular wharf Bay. had been fixed * or i August 25.