AUCKLAND MAYORALTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20217, 30 March 1929, Page 12

AUCKLAND MAYORALTY.

MR. POTTER'S DECISION. SEEKING BOROUGH OFFICE. Taking the view that he would be of more service to the city in working for the organisation of a metropolitan board and serving on other boards controlling public services, Mr. E. H. Potter stated yesterday that he would not be a candidate for the city Mayoralty, but that he would again contest tho Mayoralty of Mount Eden. Expressing his thanks for tho support which had been promised in the event of his offering himself, Mr. Potter said he did not think it would be wise for him at this juncture to accept the invitation to stand for the city. " I agree entirely in tho opinion that local body problems are urgent, and that the rapid growth of the city calls for tho best services of citizens," he said. "At the same time I hold that the solution of many questions that confront us is to be found in the board system. The achievements of tho Auckland Electric-lower Board are striking, and I hope that something of the same kind v.-ill result eventually from tho Transport Board. Ihe water supply of Auckland is a problem which grows in importance with each year that passes. These services, properly handled, will provide for a growth in the number of small settlers within reach of town, which will do much for the prosperity of Auckland, and will help to settle the urgent problem of unemployment. Such boards can be organised as a metropolitan hoard to the general advantage of Auckland. "Holding these opinions on the lines in which local government should develop, I am not sure that I cannot be of more service in taking my part on the boards and working for their extension, than I could be as Mayor of even so large and important a local body as tho City Council," concluded Mr. Potter. "While therefore heartily thanking tho many citizens who have offered support and assistance, I must repeat that I am not clear that it would be advisable at tho present time I should be a candidate for the city. However, at the request of tho residents of Mount Eden, 1 will bo a candidate for tho Mayoralty of the borough."

CONTEST IN WHANGAREI. MR. D. A. McLEAN TO STAND. [nv TELEGRAPH. —OWN correspondent.] WHANGAREI, Friday. In response to an extensively-signed petition Air. D. A. McLean lias consented to accept nomination for tho Whangarei mayoralty. Mr. McLean was a member of the Whangarei Borough Council for a tenn of ten years, during four of which, from 1921 to 1925, lie was Mayor of the borough, at the end of which time ho retired. He is a member of the Whangarei Hospital Board and tho High School Board, and has served on the Whangarei Harbour Board. The present Mayor, Mr. L. J. Brake, has definitely declined to stand again, ant. up to tho present tho only other candidate in tho field is Mr. W. Jones, formerly M.P. for Marsden. CANDIDATES AT TAURANGA. THREE PERSONS TO STAND. [ii V TELEGRAPH.—-OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 TAURANGA, Friday. Mr. B. C. Robbins announces that he will be a candidate for the Tauranga mayoralty. Ho previously filled the position for some years. Tho other candidates so far announced for tho mayoralty are Messrs. A. F. Tunks and A. N. lies. Both are members of the present council.