INDIGNANT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 131, 7 June 1927, Page 3

INDIGNANT

.ASHBURTON ELECTORATE

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

ASHBURTON, 6th June. A largely-attended public indignation' meeting, convened by the Borough and County Councils, to-night discussed tho question of the proposal to abolish the Ashburton electorate and carried a series of resolutions as follows:—

"That this meeting of electors voice* an emphatic protest against the proposal to abolish Ashburton electorate on the grounds that it has been an electorate for 44 years; that the district consists of the second largest countj; in New Zealand and Ashburton borough, the total population being over 18,000; that in natural resources and production it is unsurpassed by any; other district; that if the proposal becomes effective community of interest will be destroyed; that the facilities ofi communication could not be surpassed) the railways and a network of roads forming perfect communication and leading to the natural centre, the towa of Ashburton; that the topographical features are ideal; rivers, mountains and the ocean forming natural boundar. ies. That this meeting of electors ot the Ashburton electorate also protests against the proposal to abolish the name of Ashburton from the political map; that the largest portion of the proposed new district of Ellesmere is in Ash? burton county, including' the town of Ashburton, the total value of which is £6,867,613, compared with £4,641,931 in the remainder of the area. In con* sequenco it is considered by»thia meeting that in the event of the Commission deciding that it is unable to reconsdef the proposed boundaries the new EUesmere electorate should be renamed Ash» burton; that the Borough Council and County Council bo recommended' to take vigorous action against the pro« posal by lodging the necessary objee* tions and appointing a strong. deputa« . # tion to appear before the Commission in ' support of the objections, also with request that they reconsider the whole[ matter with the object of'the retention of Ashburton electorate.'?..