ADVANCE AUCKLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 221, 18 September 1930, Page 8

ADVANCE AUCKLAND.

NEW ASSOCIATION FORMED.

EDUCATION OF PUBLIC

BUSINESS MEN'S OBJECTS.

An pledged io"-3eeure the advancement of -Auckland city and 4if; trict-has iDGcn'-ftiUnded. ■ by-ibCAl:business men. -Its objects- ave, -first, the. education 6f fthe-: public ;in- #ny important proposals brought forward and calculated, to, lead!to.tno.'greater progress of Auckland and. its .surro.ujiding districts: and,- secondly/ tile fostering of any pvojects for .'the , :; advancement of AiicklariJi the tlevelopment of suburban settlement and. any other, form of activity that will lead - to, the of ,'the.'city- and province.

■•{•■; : j '" _\ .[ '.' ';,.' ■. "YVe .are /anxious .. ;;. ■',','" ■ to do, what, we can to!. Jielp ;in , this movement/ , said Mr. ; ; j: A/C. Aliuni, who has been elected "president of the ' association..' "Fine work has been done in the South by ■ ■ various bodies like ■ the. Expan- . .sion , League, the Canterbury Pro-' gress League, arid ;■ the Southland Progress League, whose '• .. ,--... ; ' objects are the •*■■ , ; ' same as ours," As sin indication of the scope of the' movement, it will be called upon to consider the question of an airport, the Morningside. tuni*eJ project,, the intensive cultivation, of small holdings, suburban expansion/and a closer - link between' the -;town and .'.country' interests. Various sites for an airport will; be examined as' ohi of the associaiion's first activities.- _ '■? V . n ■ .. . Jhe.. new. , bocfy- '' 2 'i . s i "•"' Avill be : cklj-ed --the Auckland r?evelopment Associati6n. Its . : , first \ s>sc'(i--boarers ■ ; are:— Sir -G eo, re Fowkls, patron; >-:Mr. J. A: C:. Alluin, president; >I,r;. M..;j..- Coyle; Viqerpresident;' arid Messrs. 1 ,-J. VF. IV. Dickso'n/ W-i ?fq£on } G:.':E..■.-" .CarhC.E. D'EsferreV ■ W. ,' J. / . • . :' ;V ..; Parker, jun., R.: 0. Gardner, % J.Reis- , .. r ■ . ;..,- , - -terer,; J. Hunter, W. Madden, G. H. Eeston, W. J. Caddell, E. D., Jones; and D; L; Euesell, ■ commitiee... • •■,•.:,•.-•••. v•: 'h.'•".■'■•''•' ■'"•■ .'; '"'':'-, .One- of; , ?'the; principal, v rca'sons" for founding: the. /the i&ct ;that eertaiii work of-'.interest- to all local .bodies dqes not com« strictly within jtlfe province ) of Tany, 1 r ahd7 the , ".-;■ asspciatioin should , therefore"iueiSt arfeaT.vneedV ; ," ! \