TRANSPORT BOARD.
No jioint of policy or of administration has (.■merged prominently in the Transport Board election campaign. There is not even u contest between the "ins" and the "outs," for of the five Labour representatives of the city urea only one has been re-nominated. The electors are therefore more free than usual to exercise their judgment of the personal fitness for office of the candidates. In its last term the board improved its financial position and, without striking a rate, produced two successive eredit balances after a long period of deficits. That is a satisfactory record, and those among the board's members who arc standing for re-election are entitled to expect th.-it their part in it shall be recognised. In view of present economic tendencies the electors hnve not much to hope for in reduced fares or concessions, but they have something to fear—the possibility that the administration of an inexperienced or experimental board will make the levying of a rate unavoidable. Against that possibility their best assurance is to choose from the Citizens' candidates those whose ability and prudence are beyond doubt.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 101, 2 May 1939, Page 8
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184TRANSPORT BOARD. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 101, 2 May 1939, Page 8
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