WEST HARBOUR

Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 16

WEST HARBOUR

MR BARDSLEY'S CANDIDATURE Mr W. J Bardsley, who is a condidate for the mayoralty at West Harbour and for the position of representative of that district on the Harbour Board, addressed a large number of electors in the Ravensbourne Town Hall last night. Mr R. D. Buchanan was in the chair. Mr Bardsley dealt with the main features of his policy, which included improvements at Moller Park, a large bathing pool on the foreshore at Ravensbourne, the closing of the Maia tip, improved footpaths between Maia and Burkes, and swings and chutes for the children at different points in the district. He proposes to open no conversations with the City Council to continue the tram service as a trolley system to Ravensbourne and Maia, and to approach the (Railway Department to reduce train and bus fares. The speaker added that these improvements would not increase the rates, but should it be found that extra expenditure was necessary the ratepayers would be consulted before any action was taken. Mr Bardsley referred to various matters concerning the Harbour Board, and said that he would be no party to another blot similar to the Lake Logan matter, in which an area of 60 acres or more had been leased to the city for nearly 200 years . for nothing. He would also oppose the placing of oil tanks along the water frontage of the district.