MAYOR CONFIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 246, 17 October 1928, Page 10

MAYOR CONFIDENT.

NECESSITY OF WORKS.

Up till recently the only - argument used against the loan proposals was tlie transference of values from Station Street to the Triangle. The matter of danger an after-thoaghi With regard to the matter of speed through Broad way, Jt will surely be the duty of $he_ council to see that a'-iafie Bp|ed is maintained .in. the borough if the "zona ;s shifted," said Mr. S. Donaldson, Mayor of Newmarket, this morning, in 1 disusing matters in connection 'with to.-rij Arrow's poll. 1 make an earnest appeal to ratepayers, not only to vote for loan proposals, but to influence others to do so"" he. added, "t need hardly add that the whole of tlui proposals haye been carefully and oughly investigated by the council, after having been reported upoat by responsible officers. The need of) : the works is beyond question." Mrl"Donaldson further explained that the total Annual charges on the proposed loans W£^d\.£945 —£805 for drainage, £84; for and £56 for Morfimer's f_Pass--aiifl it was not anticipated that tbo' fuJl weighty of these charges would If felt during "the rutin? Year March 31, 1930. ° .■£. prompted to make an appeal ' r|" ratepayers owing to the fact that, de-spite the unanimous vote bf the council'.'that all three loan isstiCs be placed before the Ldans Board, for permission to take a vote of the ratepayers, a couple qf councillors have made a last-minute announcement , that they are going to oppose the tram track klterations. My honest and frank opinion is that the proposals . are essential to the welfare of our borongh, and as they can be carried out without increasing the rates, it is with the utmost confidence that; I. leave the [decision in the hands of ratepayers to advance Newmarket." ?v

EX-COUNCILLOR'S VtEWS

Mr. A. Kent, an ex-member rif the Newmarket* Borough Council, writes: . 'L, consider it a retrograde step, and not in,the bes£ .interests of the;bbiou"h generally, to substitute a safety zone for a compulsory stop, .more especially if the eone .is erected in the triangle* as .contemplated by the Tramway department. at the expeiise of tlie local bbrou<*h to the tune of £1200. From this particular zone passengers, in order to reach the footpath, will'have to cross a distance. of from forty feet at one end to eighty feet at the other, throiigh' a vojmne <»? traffic, before they reach "their destination. Just pause for one-"mo-ment and visualise what would happen on a race day or Agricultural Week!"My personal opinion 'is that the"present compulsory-.stop opposite the .station should Be: removed to the front of the Rial to Picture Theatre, or between there -and -Station Street? Another Am-, pulsorv should "he made within the vicinity ofvthe' \Xewinark&- Hotel.",!