THE CITY MAYORALTY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6494, 14 April 1908, Page 7

THE CITY MAYORALTY

AM?. AI'I'KKN AT NORTHLAND. NEEDS OF Tine SUBURBS. Mr Ai then addressed a well-nUend-r*d inK-tm;' hast nij.'ht :tL Norlbluml, in (Jit. ! J iimii.ivo Ah-Uiodui ( liurclr. Mr FmUy McLeod pro.-id.-d i’Jtn chairman said Urn people of Northland frit very much Hm u (, vfs-

site of water supply and drainay r-ysUnn, ami a!s<* tram iarilit k- 5 I rum ri 10 Kelbimie nir.l and counrci ion with Sydney -in-fl.

Mi- Alike;! cooyratuh'Jed ibe re- • i.-icnl-, <n Northland -ipon **;ivi•»;i; come inio iho < il.y area. They could not pos- ■ M ; . !ioj*“ io obtain simb bcm-itia from i. ■ Karon Borough Council as Ue-y ..ild hum Ibo oily.

;.\TKR SUPPLY AND DRAINAGId Jim of iJm In.A tilings they required u.,:. a \oiu , r .supply'. Unless them

..on- very "real, cngjuuerii!" difficult i.-s in the way—and they wore not. appawnt pi-J. inoii to hiir.— there >houjd bo no difficulty in supplying, the people of Northland with a proper service for domewlic lisa and in c.ise of lire. Tbal. was certainly the initial pari of the work required t»> be done in time district. .1U: win "lad they Jiad como into tlm city without making tenia;, and holding him pistol to the (Vmniio;<d as to yeHiii" certain public s-rvin- !Lo thonahl limy coni I look ’o tho Conned dealiii" fairly wiiti Xurl Ida.ad. TTkj second n< ccssily ibat should ho faced at an early date, follnunmc tlio walcr .supply, that drainag.e. lie knew limy had at ibo head of I.lm city eii"inrcriii" department as r-apahle a man as they '•ou!d 11 rid in tin- Southern .1 .fi;nisphere, and should ho (Mr A«Ikon) have tho piivdcu,' l of presidin" ever the Council during thn ensuing year, ho would urea* llm Council to act in tho bom manner in this direction, as tho enpineer mi"ht recommend, llm Northland people should not bo asked pay mins ler special cervices snlv enjoyed by other parts of the fily. Timrc slionld be a proper adjustment of r.'.tcs, and ihc readmits f>Ji> nld only be rated for tho services i hoy received. Innlhor development was required in tlm matter of tramways. Ho thought the time had arrived when the <'olllloolloll should to completed "with Sydney street and iicakori road. 3CEI4SUUN.E: TRAMS. It had been charged against him by Mr Hislop, with reforenoo to Ids (Air A'tken’c) remark-, in regard to ihe Kelhim.c tram, that ho wacs responsible for irfdcing such bad terms for the city as wore made with tho Kolbiinio Trninvay Compare. Well, ho had noc so- far descended to personalities; find—let him lose the election thirty times over—ho was not going to do it, hut when Air Hislop, who presumed to be so very much superior, and who picfessed never, or hardly over, to make a mistake, and who was rus near perfection as it was possible for any nan to be—made such a glaring mistake as ho had made in this instance, he thought ho should have thought twice before speaking, and have been moro carotid of what ho said. “I was not Mayor of the city of Wellington wl.ien tho agreement was mado,’ > said Mr Aitkon. ‘‘l was not Alayor until tho last Wednesday in November, 1801), I didn't assume office until 501110 date in December, 1809. The iigrtcinoiit between the Kolbiinio Tramway Company’ and the City Council wa« signed, sealed, and completed a fow • months before I was elected Alayor of Wellington.(Applause.)

THE TERMS. Mr Aitkon well remembered when liebecame Mayor ul Wellington looking up the document signed liy the Conndl ur.d Ilio Kelburno Company. He thought at ilio time that tlio bargain was somewhat one-sided, and that the concessions given by tho city wore a litr.lu more than ought to ha.ro neon given. fetill, the agreement having been signed, ho was not one to break faith with the company, as that would only involve them in endless legal complications. Ho favoured tho extension of tile train from Kelburno- towards Northland. OTHER WORKS. Anderson Park should ho completed S'j that there could bo a proper recreation ground for tho younger portion of the residents of Northland. The main road was capable of improvement, and their footpaths roiiuired attention. lie suggested tho formation of a Municipal Association at Northland, so that tho residents could advise tho City Council regarding iho more urgent works they needed dene. This would bo a good guide for the Council. (Applause.; Air Aitkon was thanked for his address, and at the conclusion n committee was formed to work the Northland district in his interest.

A meeting of North Kilbirnio and XTafaitai doctors will bo addressed by Mr Aitkon in tho State School to-morrow niglir. at 8 o’clock. Air Aitkon’s Thermion, Newtown, Borhamporo and Kilbirnio committees Bach meet to-night. , 7 Tho Hon. T. W. Hislop will speak in tho Primitive Alolhodist Schoolroom. Northlands, to-night at 3 o’clock, 'and 10-mormv he will address a mooting at Kelburno at tho Kamo hour. Airs Hislop will meet the Indies of Brooklyn at tho Baptist schoolroom, Ohiro road, at 3 o’clock Vliia afternoon.