COUNTY CONTROL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 192, 16 August 1938, Page 10

COUNTY CONTROL.

y CHANGE OPPOSED. THE RIDING SYSTEM. "'' ' ■'■• ' ■ KANUXATT DSCIBIOH. By five vote* to three, the Manukau •- County Council to-day rejected a motion -by Mr. J. Luke to abolish the riding system of finance, under which the county now operates. Under the present system the county ■was just an aggregation of road boards, taid Mr. Luke, and the. county was trying to cope with modern traffic under an obsolete system. In some ways the system approached. absurdity.

'■: , Many roads would need modernising in the near future, said Mr. B. T. Booker, who seconded the motion, and thin would need the co-operation of the whole country. Traffic wae getting in- ■■:,■ tense on many roads. Messrs. S. W. House and. A. E. Trayesi representatives of the Mangere riding, : ':':....■ * M « strongly against the motion. Mr. Trayee warned the council that, if the I motion succeeded, he was sure the Mangere riding would take steps to break away from the county and form a separate borough. Although abolition of ridings would bring simplification of •, office control, it would mean increased rates for the Mangere riding, said Mr. Trayes. The ratepayers would never M; approve of that; • fe . The inequality of the valuation of the county would be the great difficulty - in getting the scheme to function properly, said the chairman, Mr. F. M. Waters, who voted against the motion. m Messrs. F. M. Waters, S. W. House, ;. A. E. Trayes, C. S. McCallum and D. :•-:. Bell voted against the motion. For the ;...-•' motion were Messrs. J. Luke, B. T. Booker and D. Ryburri. 'J&F?-'■'■'■' : ? - , • ■ ■. •