NE WAIRAU BRIDGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 28 March 1923, Page 12

NE WAIRAU BRIDGE.

; {To the Efiltor.) ! f Sir,—l most emphatically resist tie ,' f 3H»Tor of Takapuna's contention that a " J misleading petition wae being circulated ' in the borough. Aβ one who had charge ■ of a section of the petition, I can vouch I for the intelligence of the inhabitants ! .. of the borough, who perfectly understood I . what they signed. With regard to the ! eecond contention that the petition was " signed as an expression of sympathy • with residents beyond the Wairau Bridge, ! will the Mayor, explain why sympathy ! neceeearily crept into the matter? Per- ) haps this is a stock saying of his, ap that ; gentleman.used..the exact words in r«- ---; jjard to a petition signed last Easter by J 440 persons on the Milford Beach, pro- ■ testing against the removal of the etepe '• from the Takapuna of the foot J 'bridge over this' creek. —I am, etc., j ' D. LUKIXHf, Chairman Takapuna, and Castor Bay ; . Residents' Association. / ; : (To the Editor.) }\* Sir,— Worship the Mayor of Taka- \ puna has stated publicly that "a vaguely- ' worded and misleading petition w»« •" heing eireulated." As one of the signa- ! tones to the petition, I would like 'Mr. i Gould to know that I am fully,aware '. of the meaaing of the petition, and with many others think that his Worj ship is acting contrary to the interests : of the district ac a whole in opposing t*# erection of the bridge on the site < suggested by the Waitemata .County ' Council, and has a very idroumßCribed • idea of the possibilities that would rei ault from Hβ erection.—l am, etc, * M.K.