GREATER COUNCIL RULE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19104, 27 August 1936, Page 2

GREATER COUNCIL RULE

MELBOURNE PROPOSAL LEGISLATION PLANNED MELBOURNE, Auk. 26. A bill was introduced into the Victorian Parliament to-day providing for ihe establishment of a Greater Melbourne Council to take over mattors of administration common to the 2S existing metropolitan municipalities, as well as the presem Board ot Works and Tramways Board. The bill, which consists of 4ao clauses, does not propose the abolition of the existing municipalities, which will continue to deal with matters of purely local concern. The main object is greater eflicieney in administration of water supply, 'drainage, sewerage, tramways, transport and health. The principles of the. bill were, claimed to be the same as those of the London County Council. The proposed greater council will consist of 30 members, being one momfor for each 3.1,000 of the population in the metropolitan area. The population Of the present municipalities range up to 07.000 for Caulfield and 93.000 for the City of Melbourne. The bill is of n highly contentious nature, and will be subjected to much criticism when debated.

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