YESTERDAY'S POLL.
If anything municipal could interest the average suburban resident, one would think it would be the question whether his district should lose its identity, but apparently there are many people who would not bother to go to the poll even if their local rulers emulated the methods of "Big Bill" Thompson. Considerably fewer than half the number on the Mount Eden roll voted yesterday, and in Mount Albert only 30 per cent. However, a poll is a poll, and the result of yesterday's voting means that Mount Eden is committed to a policy of self-government for an indefinite period, while the way seems to be open for fresh negotiations between the city and Mount Albert. The Mount Eden vote may be regarded to some extent as a vote of confidence in the old council. At any rate, it means that the people prefer to manage their own affairs. It should be regarded by members of the present council as notice to them to compose their differences and work together for the advancement of one of the most favoured of New Zealand suburban boroughs, a district whose difficulties are not by any means exceptional in these abnormal times.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 59, 10 March 1932, Page 6
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