THE TRANSPORT BOARD.
. RESIGNATION OF MEMBER. DISAGREEMENT WITH POLICY. j ONLY HONOURABLE COURSE." A tetter, intimating bis intention to ! resign from the Auckland: Transport | Board has: been forwarded by Ms. F. S.. j Morton,, of Oneiinnga,, to, the Onahunga | Borough GounciL Mr. Morton represents' {Onehimga,- Mount BtaalinllS,. One Tree Ball',, | Ellerslie,. Mount. Wellington and Panmure | on. the boor it Giving hia reasons for his resignation | Ms-. Morton states: —"'M you arts aware,. ; some two months ago I suffered a> break- ; down: in. health and, acting on; medical advice,. I was reluctantly compelled to refrain from acceding to the many raI quests to offer myself for re-election to your counciL I consider tha only hon- ' ourable course foe a memßer 1 of the Transport Board to pursue., whether ha : be' defeated at the polls or tails to submit j himself for ra-election, & to resign hia ! seat and allow someone' elan to leiiiti- | mately 511 the position. I could not remain, on the Board and. conscientiously I submit to a policy which; I have- steam* ' oualy opposed and one which,, although ? endorsed by the ratepayers,, will, in my 1 opinion,, be regretted, in the future."
Mr. Morton states he is withholding hia- resignation from the secretary o£ the board until arrangements have- been made to elect a rew representative. The Onehunga Borough Council 1 will probably arrange with Mr. S- Gray,, town clerk at Mount Eden,, who acted as SBcrstascy for the local bodies, to call: for nominar tions from the bodies represented by Mr:. Morton.,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290511.2.77
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 12
Word Count
254THE TRANSPORT BOARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.