HARBOUR CHAIRMAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 90, 17 April 1929, Page 3

HARBOUR CHAIRMAN.

MR. MACKENZIE'S CAMPAIGN. THE BRIDGE PROJECT. !'•< *_\!;II'K• ■ .K l .-"-IM K lyi". , l-r.-a: <• ;r . »v. n '-i- >' » * 1 'I'K K ■' iK. Tin-d l ' • Tic ';::i I:'!!.. 1 1. "I tin- A l!.r- . -in- l'.-a.d. Mr. H. K. Mackenzie. v.T.o • — (•«.' rv i'lu If-- U*«-t i« '■< it- ,V l i: •— l ' ,! ' *. ati\ e '11 tli-.- K; •.': k::'i and .Mamik.ni ;.n; it it—. <.;-ci. cd ;i i- <ra :r; -a ; un ai i'uke--hi -I i'Vt Tic !>■; rrv -M.'.x..: Mi. 'T. Pari 'n. : ■ -Ivit-.l-M■' "\J;»c v ,\ K - lir !:.•«! ''fill t : j, 1 |,-e\en 1 ! " i'wh t!,c Ii:-t I ha'!!!::.-! f\a }.: •• lit; -i ■ m-i,;,. a i. ; r. -m' ::i i\"l the !>«• .1 1!':' 1! w !." 1e- •! !'*'• •j la- :hf Im.aid wen- in a !i.:\v :• : a ill lit i'tl to i-\i'r live and a ijuarte:' . 11 i• .a ]m a::.. a :ai t •••• -n j:' - • : ..v,. ]ia:-ili;ie- :it la-: a iai -an Icd t.i im-r v-J.::4<= T'.!- '■•mi.'.'- '..an ::a;- , !.'.t ?l«"- i at -7-""..- ■ '■. 1 n: t lint it Ikhi - ■i• k iIIIT mini- a in. aia: to cuei ii? lex.aue la-. i:i!:i!|i'ial vt-:ir wa - ,t.!'.'li.ntn), and the lift -nrj.'u- i.n tin- \cai .- wo'.'ku'.j amounted t«• s. l!i:- may >ec..i -mall. 1 .lit lilt- hoard'- policy «a- to keep due- ahti <-lia i-• ■ - a- low a- p<---ible ami not to mab- i;:i_;e -'.irplu-e-. Wheii lie iir-t took oi'iirt' a- a memW in I• 1-> tin- i.i i.;iu'- a—ftVJT.ooo. aini it- iv. r::ik- 1 t'.u.ttii'i. !n -ixtt-.-ii \ -ar- it- a--.-t- had doubled :.i:.I it- revenue had niciva-ed two and a hall time-. Waiuku Canal Scheme. Mr. Mafk-.ii/:if -aid that canal schemeYV.tiuku had been in vt--t i-a ted ami ; oj.i.-al- \\f!v it-aiiy to ,_o bviure tho-v t: ii •«.! itiieii ":n-\ were prepared tu .I ■ r tljfii- ; c-j.oii-iiiiiity. Such a • : nil 1 \v--!ii<l k«- t ■.Ik iter T tin' Aka Ak.i -wamji and instead <'i . i.c rat e] \ .iiminj a rate burden- ■ i;..-. til-, y\v • ii;<.i til i\ o material benefrom a caliai -•.•heme. In <-oin-3ii-i. n tin- i-andidate --aid ii-• had been nominated l.v the chairmen .1 •.he Franklin an I Manukau (.ouir.y ■ i.mifi:-. the !May«..!- t.i' Pukekohe and t iaiiuhn. aiul tin- -c\. n chairmen of the town board- in the di-.rict. A-ki'd for hi; vif\v- regarding the t•:..jn.-t-d bridiie aero-- the Waileinata Harbour. Mr. Mackenzie -aid the boa;d v.a- not fo-teriiiL' '.he project, i.or w.mid it offer any uiijet-tiou ; 0 a- the , \.ater liallif wa- not inti rifivd witii. He i\:.re-id the tipini- n that the brid;jt* would not be c.r.-trtu-tt-d in a : dirirt ihif from on. of uie city'- bu-ie-t -tlfft- to Xortii "-bore ;t- a; I>!»'-eiit. "J hp i.. i d would not s-nlfer any I>.— of revenue bffan>e it recciwd on.y .i jn*r cii:t on tii t - money ('Xi.t-mu-:; on ferric-. ]>ln- 1 jK-r cent .-inkin- fund. w!iU:i ;.i othj.-fii about .C'.iioii annnai;.. ! Tin- cami.date \\a- acct.rdcd a \.>te . i thank- and conliUeiice.