CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION POLICY
Sir,—May I suggest a first plank for the Citizens’ Association’s platform, which would fire the imagination of all citizens? Compulsory amalgamation is now dead; but the time is ripe for the various local bodies to get together voluntarily. Heathcote councillors openly doubt whether they can carry on; Waimairi councillors are concerned about the increasing burden of overhead on the remaining area of the county, which is bound to dwindle away; Riccarton’s rate is now higher than Christchurch’s, although no financial provision has been made for reconstructing Riccarton road. The Citizens’ Association has nominated able and respected candidates. They could take a statesmanlike initiative in approaching other local bodies to see what can best be done in the interests of the whole urban area. The rural areas could be taken care of under a voluntary county amalgamation scheme as urged—particularly for North Canterbury—by the executive of the Counties’ Association. —Yours, etc., HEATHCOTE RATEPAYER. July 11, 1953.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27090, 13 July 1953, Page 2
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