A BIG STEP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 20

A BIG STEP.

CENTENNIAL YEAR.

RECONCILIATION OF DATES. MAYOR PRAISES TEAM WORK. — - j Graf ilii-iilioii uiih tin- j. t-i .i_'i< —; ni.uic in li ■•.•auisation of tin- A iickln lid l*iii\ iiirc fur I cut eniiial celebration purposes wiu expressed in nn interview today liv Ihe Mayor, sir Krnest l>avi«. in lii~ capacil v a< rlmiriiiiin of tin , Auckland I'rov'uicial ( i-rili-iitii.il Council. Sir Kriir-t i-\|i|i|iiu-il I lull I" I'Nilin , lilt' »uc ■e — l'ul commemoration fif the t'l-llti-liliiill I In- i-i i>\ inn- Ililil l>i-ell ili\ i.h'.l illlu i-iljll / -. U hilll appointed ileililipiiil'tei- !•-! I lie -|.cilir loc.iliM , nM'i i-il. mill ii -• i ie- ml' inter /..in n Illil Iff- In illli-Mil I" I lie lletilileil ;lel nil ir- lei , I 111- llill-i-l i>.II ill' till--11l the iM-i i-i.jli: mouth* inil.-li taliiaMc '.'ln I VMiik lulil bivn iii-i-nlll-pli-hcd l.\ the vaiii.il- oi-.iui-al ioll«. .ill ~l' uln.ii ci.llld 11..w l»- -.liil Li I"' fim.-iii-iiiiiy iii-ii\el\ .in.l in it manner w liii-li iill-jin-il Hi-il r.'i" I In- -:ie.-i---flll i ■mini.-in.H ;i I i.mi "I' the Centennial I liiiiimlniilt the i .1. ■ \ iin-e. Public-spirited men in eiieh ili-t rid had elllereil wholehcariedh ii>l r • Ihe |.hin iiml ha<l g.uhered ' In Illeil-' 1.ir.1l Jifiillp- IVpri'M-lltiltMei I'f ~\i;\ int.•μ-m. wlm iilrcady were demim-lraling thai degree i>l' .-lit liu-hi-m mill initi.itiw which M -social inn Willi I he i iilliliielniilill mil dema ndi-d. Success of Conference. On lii-liiilI" "I the |irnviin-iiil council. si, |j lie,l 4-, i iiL.-ralnl.il.-.! .-ill lho-e ;i~-.n i.i i eil with tin , movement in tinpros inee mi Ihe -ii.-.-.'--l"ul complel ion i>l their prelimin.il v arrangement"*. He h.ul I ii greatly iii'i]>n»<»i-il at the outcome nf ihe conference hehl at Ihi mil: oil )!'<■ lenliiv nf repre-ientiit his nf tilt- /I'lieil iiri'ii* in the S.iiiili Atli-kl:l Ilil l'r.>\ ince. At this conference, wlii.-h «ii-i uttemleil l.\ I In- jnint perillilllellt secret urie*. Mes-rs. .lii'me* Melling iiml l<. I-. I'-mar. agreement hail I n reai-hetl on a "(heme lor the reeniii'iliat ion nf ilute*. whii-ll ill run jiiiK-i ii in with the cooperat inn priinii-.nl by I In- N'nrtll Auckland zone would ensure I lie operation throughout the province ill < eiitemiiii 1 year of a en unlimited schedule of dates. "I" lii-» « j»<- a big -tcp fnrwiil'il ill tliP ivmk nf the provincial organisat inn, said Sir Kiuest. Having lipen passed. it left the Zoned areas free , tn proceed actively wit Ii the organisation nf celebration events and confined the future activities of t It«- provincial executive, j which he had m> ilnillit would adojit the recnmmciided dale schedule*, to consideration nf applications for -übsidicn on celebration* and memorials and nppmval nf the forms of memorials themselves. It. had been a great pleasure fr>r the metropolitan authorities tn wink in clown harmony with the zoned area*. Sir Krnest »aid.' After all..the pin up on which -the celebrations routed van one nf conscious endeavour rtnd high resolve to honour the jrreiit pioneering pn«t .and to into the second ectitury n resurgence of the spirit which built the province of Auckland. This necessarily lind called for a full mea*\ir<> of Iciim work, which he was happy to report had lippii willingly supplied. The zoned areas were now truly tho masters of their own destiny, and in wishing them every sneecs* in their flltlir« nperatinns Sir Kinest. said )io could assure •them that the headquarters in Auckland would still l>p available at nil time* to assist in every possible direction the notable work tn'which the provincial areas had set their hands.