EMERGENCY PLAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 9

EMERGENCY PLAN.

PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE. M>C\L BOWKS' DECISION. ■ On tlio .motion of (lie. president,-;. Mr. I! J, Ooldstinc it was decided at iimcetiii" -of. the 'Auckland Subuiban Local liiMfts' As-.oeiatioirli/t night to inform jlio City Council, of tho, association s ap'iirovaPof.Uieproposal td;sctmp,asnia|l "Kl'iUM JfCIiP.Y - Ct-'iuinittc-p,- the /.question of iDinerieiVt.ation -to ■■■ bo., considered at a .later; date;.-;/' ' '■ .'" ""■/'"■ /Lengthy (li'-eiission was provoked by a' reSoltition of the Onohunga. Borough Council; that'naolii /of tho'.loeal bodies in tlio. metropolitan/aica should, ho empowered to appoint ils own representative oh. the ,p : 'roppscd,:Ei.ii(!i ; gency Com-mittee,-,-i'n, lieu, ofsole, representation by tlio chairman of the association.-; 'This ea.lllo hcfoip the. nice.ting.. , in a letter.froni tho City Council, to which/the resolution hail h Iho ioun clerk re, quested tho ili-< isipn of tlio, association on tlio matter. '...;' .:'.:, /

Tlio Mayor of Auckland, Sir, Ernest Davis; had" called-a conference, said.Mr,, Goldstin'o, to deal- with a .communication fi-qm tho Government on national emergency measures./ Local/ bocly/.ih'em«bers, ■'and. representatives ,;of;/.tlio.. liefenccy Kiirp-.iuid- other .'■■ Departments had attended the,' meeting, ,/ivid a, subcommittee had been. set;..up to; go into j tlio proposal-and > report hack /to rthc' i conference, ■:■>■' '■■■■(? ;.,/'-.:/:-S/.i/'/i/vi/.-V.'.'/,-,'t■

Tho omcrgen'oj committee would have almost dictatorial powers,'.said- Mr.' W. ■J. Moore, a member /of the Onehunga .Borough'-Council,--.-It was necessary, becauso■'■of that, that such a..committee 'should possess as widc- : 'ft basis as pos siblo to- ensure"the. fullest corporation in times of; emergency.; Ho spoke at sorho length ' supporting the suggestion of tho'/Onbhunga Council, and moVed that it ' should" lie 1 supported by tlio association, '•■.'.•;" ', ':: Mr., Goldstino '/said he understood, from his/'reading/of tho voluminous document issued by the Government on tlio proposal, that: it ,was intended that ; the emergency committee should act ns [a- central body; .!aiid that ./there would bo bodies set up. iii each local body district. He_considered that Onchtinga's prnposnl .wnuld.mnkn tho committoß too unwicldlyaiid .cumbersome, and lie sug, tested that 1 the,proposal.should be modified to tlio. effect, that locbl bodies be grouped, n.nd a repioHciititive of ench gi oup.'-lie;, appointed ito the. committee, Eneh/representative eoiild 'then act as] a liaison : officer between the committee and tho local bodies... '...Mr. Moore's motion was defeated.