GREATER NORTH SHORE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15646, 27 June 1914, Page 10

GREATER NORTH SHORE

AMALQAMATIOR ' PROPOSALS. • SUBJECT TO BE DISCUSSED. '■ CONFERENCE OF BOROUGHS. 1 A cOKrtnEXcx of the whole of tho mem- • horn of iho four North Shorn Borough f Councils it to l* held, in the Chamber of | i Commerce on Wednesday evening, July I). « At a preliminary meeting of the Mayors of I tho nsnsclive 1/iroughs, to draw tip the J agenda naper, there vitro present : Messrs. i Win. Hundley (Dcvonport), in the chair, r Wtn. fllorafield (Takapuna), Arthur B. • Oreonslade (Deputy of Northcote), and ('. K. Campbell (Deputy-Mayor of r Birkenhead). I Horn© of the subjects »el down for con- ) sideratlon are of considerable importance, » and mav result In the conference hating) . lar-reaciuritf consequences. These provide • scope for considerable investigation and ■ discussion. Whatever the outcome of the l I deliberations of the joint councils may be, ) j it is considered that the discussion of qoeS' '>\ lions of mutual interest to th* districts • j concerned will prove educative to the mem- j ■ ben of the coumils themselves, and to the j ■ I residents, and it is h-ipctl ; t may ruiult , ijln a better understanding of their rrspec ' I_' live municipal problems. If in also tug- •', ■ | gc*ted that (he conference may possibly;, ■ facilitate the laying of the foundation of a i Greater North Shore. | Included in the order paper for the con ' ferenoe are the following subjects:— ' Tho desirability of the amalgamation of .' ! the troughs of Dcvonport, Takapuna. '' HoTihcote, and Birkenhead on the ward : ' system, and the r*tUng tip of a commit- i' I tee, comprising the Mayors and town clerks I of the respective boroughs, to collect all ' , I data, and furnish a report to a further i i mof.tin? of the conference, pointing out ' t tho advantages and disadvantages of the ! ; j proposal, { ; The formation of a North Auckland Municipal Association, consisting of thr«* |' members of each of the four Borough ' Councils. j' Tlie desirability of forming a Water ,' Supply Board for the whole of the North . Shore districta, and the extension of tho ' powers of the Lake Takapuna Board of Control to embrace this proposal. i' 'Hie control of heavy trafhr, am} the rol- '' lection of litmus in connection therewith. The nresent system of levying hospital, : and charitable aid rate?, and recommend | i ine the Government to alfer the system by providinc for this exiienditiire out of th*' Consolidated Fund, so relieving the local rales.