LIVELY GREY LYNN MEETING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15594, 28 April 1914, Page 8

LIVELY GREY LYNN MEETING.

KEEN INTEREST IN THE POLL' Addresses were again given to the Grey Lvnn residents 'last evening by the Mayor (Mr, G. Baildon) and several of the" borough councillors in.the Bictaiij Hall, on the subject of Greater Auckland and the loan proposals. Tho hall was mil filled, and it was apparent that those.in favour of amalgamation were present in largo numbers. For the most part thi speakers received a good hearing, MB when'question time came the proceedings were rather lively. Mr. Baildon spoke much on the saw lines as in his previous address. Delta? with criticism of tho loan proposals » said that Mr. Pan', after givingBorough Council a good dating, W asked'the ratepavers to reject the- loan proposals. He went on to combat to statement that the allocation of Mm for streets was insufficient to make go« roads with proper foundations., la Rapport of his statement he quoted the i* lowing letter which he had received Iron Mr. Munro Wilson (borough engineer):- " The estimates made out for the Bj improvements in the borough pro™* for bottom ballast in all cases, Din '» depth, of hand-packed blue stone m vour quarrv and 6in of broken metal.' ' will, of course be rolled with the.steam roller and blinded with metal chips- _ Amid some interruption the spew challenged the citv engineer to come» with a' pick to Williamson's Avenue ana he would rind it as good a road as any w the city. The statement that no prWisw was made for cesspits, he maintained, «» another misstatement. jj Messrs. W. J. Tattersfield, J. & ■«* nock, W. Donald, and E Carr aJsospoW and urged the Grev Lynn people to ?*P Greater Auckland and sanction tM ' w proposal", . . Mr. T. L. Thompson said Grey Lynn* not like the ,itv in making «D«gg and not keeping to them. He ptm to make a long speech and his asertj were greeted with derisive laughter, *> cries of ••'Time', up!" and chonW* « "Ohs!" Finallv the audience appß«» most vigorously and the speaker tew* Mr. W. .1. Holdsworth (a former g of Cirev Lvnnl was given iMSBB-gJ speak. He challenged the figures ilgj to show how various property -in ; Lvnn would be valued under W A system of latine. . II- poMd valuations in the c:tv had just bwg pletvcl, whereas the borough %2jd valued for iw three years, (t 1011 ™ 6 applause.) . „,, Question time was reached at JP, Member after member of the V» . jt stood up to ask for information, ». # times the imv;::i_- was inclined to „ «j(. of hand- Event....llv the MjWrjgj ened to name any person wno in quaking while another hadgJJ, Finallv at 11 p.m n number ol.w» enco rose and left the hall, zfjf'tffo don declared th- meeting clos „ ' rfisaaJ ensued a words' -.nrfare *£"£&* as thev left the hu.Min.- this sggfo keen interest that Las been arouse* . poll to be taken morrow'. . ■ ■-..;