MUNICIPAL REFORM
Mention of the' fact that there was no reference in the Speech from the Throne to reforming municipal government was made by the Hon. T. Bloodworth (Auckland) in the Address-m-Reply debate in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon. He said he thought it was time that both rural and urban local government was investigated with a view to reform. In Auckland the electors would be faced with six papers—the Mayoralty with three candidates, the City Council with about 60, the Hospital Board with, about 40, the Harbour Board with about 20, the Power Board with about 30, and the Transport Board with quite a number. There was a roll of about 85,000 electors, and to go through the six sheets and all those names would take at least fifteen minutes. The result would be great confusion and congestion in the polling booths, a trial for the elector, and a nightmare' for - the returning .officer. He had long held the view that there was no need for a multiplicity, of bodies in one area*
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 58, 9 March 1944, Page 4
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174MUNICIPAL REFORM Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 58, 9 March 1944, Page 4
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