TAKAPUNA TRAFFIC CONTROL.
j "Takapuna" certainly does less than 5 justice to Mr. Alex. Harris, M.P., when ; lie suggests that his opposition to Takaj puna managing lier own traffic was _ limited to "simply acting on the ruling t of two judges of the Supreme Court." j Why thus seek to hide our M.P.'s patriotic and shining light? It should t be broadcasted that he was the head and front of any opposition in Parliat ment to granting this control to his own borough, when only a very few of his fellow members lent hiin support. Mr. " Harris moved to.strike out subclause 2, e which made the Borough Council the ® licensing authority. He got only 10 members to vote with him, while 48 5 voted against him. Your correspondent e "Takapuna" may be categorically correct when he says that he "signified no \ objection whatever to any Takapuna s body controlling the traffic of the V borough," but Mr. Harris is not so dife fident. He specifically objected to our properly-elected representatives, the ! - Mayor and councillors of Takapuna. bee ing entrusted with this control. Nay! 1 On the grounds that our council (lid not s reflect borough opinion, he even moved 1 that Takapuna should have this control " withheld until June 1, 192". when a a fresh election would have been held. In t spite of Mr. Harris' eloquence, Parliar ment also turned down this patriotic Y demand by 4o to 22. Mr. Harris eant not now plead that our council is not s representative, as their traffic policy has i been since endorsed by a substantial t majority vote of the electors, with a s majority at all polling booths, with one faint exception. But the cream of the joke is the fact that certainly our Mayor, and also our councillors, almost to a man, were pronounced and enthusiasti. supporters of Mr. Harris at his recent n election. HAURAKI ROAD. " [TJiis correspondence is closed. —E<l.]
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 16
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324TAKAPUNA TRAFFIC CONTROL. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 16
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