HATAITAI RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION.
ADDRESS BY DR. NEWMAN, .M.P.. A meeting of the Hataitai latcpayers' Association was hold last night. Dr. A. K. Newman, ?<tl\ far Welling ton East, attended in • respect to tlie obtaining of a school sito for that district, and stated that , he-intended to interview the Minister of EdiiMiiian (tho Hon. J. Allen) on the subject whwi ho returned to ■Wellington. After disposing of this question, Dr. Newman gave a resume of his experiences in Kngland and Germany ou the muchdiscussed motor-bus system in cmijjuhction with the running Of municipal tramways, and cited instances where such a system would apply to Wellington City. Coining k> local affairs, Dr. Newman referred' to the Mnniripal Corporation Amendments Act, 1013, which gave power to kiciil bodies to do away'-with misightjy advertisemonte,■ scrap-heaps, etc., o« vacant sections, and stated that this amendment was, unfortunately, not widely known.
, Dr. Newnia'n was accorded, a heafty voto of thanks for his attemlauce.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2016, 25 March 1914, Page 5
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