TRAM TRACKS AGAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 14

TRAM TRACKS AGAIN

TRANSPORT BOARD AND THEIR UPKEEP NEWMARKET’S PROTEST “lt*s no use Mr. AJlum talking about keeping the Transport Boarc within its income. It is the duty of the board to keep our trar tracks in order, and this Hasnt been done yet.” Speaking at a meeting of the Newmarket Borough Council last evenn:;Cr. R. T. Michaels was emphatic <a the subject of Transport Board reversibility for the upkeep of its ma tracks The council received a letter tR® the board stating that repairs ’■> I tracks in front of the Koval Georg- | Hotel had been carried out before tia I receipt of the council’s.request to te ! i them effected. j “From Maungawhau Road to Bros.* | way there are potholes in the tran i tracks that make motor-cars Jump-* ■ feet in the air.” said Cr. Miens-' “This bit of road is a disgrace. The Mayor. Mr. S. Donaldson: Transport ~ Board has undertaken - obligation to do the work. The ; thing we can do is to keep on knocK..= until it is done. , ... Cr. Michaels: Can’t we take iei~ j action? . ; Cr. Jaffrey mentioned that t - - within the last month the b°ara *--- ; carried out work to which its auction had been drawn. . “AA'e wouldn’t mind it so uiucn the patches lasted,” said Cr. *_hi p"As it is, they are back in their condition almost before we notice have been repaired.” ,v* The question was referred to Works Committee. MINIATURE GOLF LINKS? There is more than a possibility Newmarket will have a miniature =, - links in the near future. Referring to the growing overseas of these links, a • to the council, seeking P erml f^ w i;ti lease a portion of a property n out in tennis courts. Tho request was referred j Works Committee. ‘lf is , o: serious consideration.” said tne - • | It was reported that no not** ; | cases of infectious diseases n , curred in the borough dunn o -