ALLENTON AS PART OF BOROUGH
4 AMALGAMATION / POSSIBLE AT ASHBURTON The "possibility of a further move being made to include Allenton in the borough of Ashburton was mentioned at the meeting of the Ashburton County Council yesterday, when town planning proposals were being discussed. The council decided to apply to the Internal Affairs Department for an Order-in-Council declaring Allenton, Methven, and Rakaia town planning areas under the Town Planning Act The engineer (Mr H. A. Vezey) reported that the town planning officer to the Department of Internal Affairs (Mr J. W. Mawsnn) had visited Ashburton during th-j week. He said Mr Mawson thought Hinds and MayneTa were too small for town planning areas, but recommended that steps be taken concerning Allenton. Methven, and Rakaia. A ' ■ , , Mr J. Carr: Was it suggested that Allenton should amalgamate with the borough of Ashburton? Mr Vezey: There is talk of that. Mr J. Bland asked if the clerk (Mr G. Kelly) had heard anything about a move to amalgamate Allenton with the borough. The speaker said he had heard oi \\. Mr Kelly replied that he had heard nothing official. It was agreed that town planning arrangements could be made for Allenton in the meantime.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19381105.2.33
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22551, 5 November 1938, Page 9
Word Count
200ALLENTON AS PART OF BOROUGH Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22551, 5 November 1938, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in