AMALGAMATION PROPOSALS,

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 7

AMALGAMATION PROPOSALS,

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THEIR RECENT ABOLITION.

BEMUEEU. BOARD'S PROTEST

Tho Greater Auckland trueslion • 0p,,H,l ~p at t , |p R( , n , u( , r . v Roilil IVard, mc-.aing last nijilit. when Ihn ™airin-.m (.Mr. .1. Drmiwcy) niovf..!: ihiiL Hi,-a IJoanl request., thr i.mr-mmcnt i<, amend tho Mimieipai Uarporations Act. , n ,|,,t ratepayer* in r»ii,l distrix-w mar have the." «v pnvilfßo as bi.roiiplis and town boards in n-jard l<. a ballot on queetion.s of ijmaJframalion with adjoining borou»hs.-' no c-xpinincl tlmt he had maUc" tillmotion si rrcneraJ on,--, not rrferrlnw to Itranupru only. bin. to all road dfetdots, "« w- rclL that it would he more effective "i tliat form.

3'r. .1. i,. I'atorsnn. in spconiling, snid I hat to p.i--. -ur-li a motion iras a mov,: "i I.:- rijrrt direction. Mr. cmild mn -■•• why thp ri ? ),t (o ii r><OJ should ovi-v •'Hvc h.vn taken away by thn pr.sral 1 •nvrrnmi nl.

Mr. 1 , , fiprni-or qup.<Uom>d whi-thcr th.-> moiu.,l v..,.-, in nntpr. Up bnlirvr,! «int riCT-nt lc-isl.ilirin «avp br.rouo-1, rale-pnyr-rs no nmr.- opti.in thaa it gay( , ,„ those- in mail dislr-.ts.

The A,-I. was looked , lp . and SO11|( , , lis . r-iLssion rn-iip.l as to whrthor tho amniflin.'iil rcpcnlH the onrlirr pmrinions cm

The i-hnirnwn rpirark(\l Hiat Uip nbnlit ion. of tl«. ,M.il was:,,, ,„-. :, , ;m , r: , lil . !ln ,i dan-jeroiw move. T'\c r--~hl.-n(, nf a dis"■irt should hi- o Mowed u> v,,tc on

i"fflulpinittti.-m proposals, .-specially in Mil- case of ,-oino of the very valuu.Lland important areas aUVv-.teri by the Act. 'IV BoanTs pr.U.rM. should c ,', i,,. even if it showed thiur i.-,'riora.n. >- of l'arlia-

Mr. A. 1., flerroid ntove.l an mnpn.]mrnt, |m.st|winiiiß the. matter till i v nn\L muptinp. on thr- pTomul that the whole Bonn! w.is no! [.resent. ;in,l thai it rame ton Into In aMV-t Rpmuera Tlis

tt.ir s«MOnvlert 1,-,- .M r _ Spercer. w!io fi'voiircij de-fi-rrin;.' consitlfraiion ii!l i vIf?:]I position <ouU) he a-wrtaincd.

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