HARBOUR BRIDGE PLAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21617, 9 October 1933, Page 10

HARBOUR BRIDGE PLAN

PROGRESS OF THE SCHEME "VERY SATISFACTORY STAGE" A special meeting of the directors of ' the Auckland Harbour Bridge Com'pany, Limited, was hold on Saturday, ! Mr. A. Harris, M.P.> being present by invitation. After the meeting the following statement was issued:— "The directors of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Company, Limited, are now in a position to say that the negotiations for financing the construction of the harbour bridge have reached a very satisfactory stage, and one which should enable finality to bo reached in the comparatively near future.

"Tho directors desire to record thoir warmest thanks to Mr. A. Harris, M.P., for the oxiromely valuable work he has done toward bringing to fruition this gratifying result. In this connection, Mr. Harris has not spared himsolf in wholeheartedly—and in a purely voluntary capacity—placing his services at the disposal of tho Harbour Bridgo Company. To his efforts must the success so far obtained bo largely attributed.

"At this stage the directors cannot make a more detailed statement, but they give the assurance that as soon as it is possible to do so, the public will be taken into their entire confidence." Prior to his departure for Wellington last evening, Mr. Harris said that prospects of ultimate success wero never brighter than at present.