NORTHLAND TUNNEL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 2 June 1926, Page 9

NORTHLAND TUNNEL.

CAUSES MUNICIPAL STIR IN WELLINGTON.

By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON, June 1,

Tho Northland tunnel report .• is causing considerable comment, and controversy. “I am expressing my own personal' view,” said on©, member of the Council, "when I say that the resolution as it stands and presented.as it was and carried without comment, does not represent the considered opinion of the Council. Igo further, and say that had copies ’ of the resolution been circulated amongst Councillors, as it should have been, it would not have gone through in its present form. I contend that there was not the slightest justification in rushing the resolution through in that fashion. The seriousness of the whole business called for calmer deliberation on the part of the Council, before pronouncing judgment.” Another opinion was as under: “The findings disclosed a deplorable state of disorganisation in the Department, ’■ said Councillor G. A- Troup, "and if an outcome of tho Commission of Inquiry should bo a thorough investigation of th© organisation and methods oi tho various city departments I should he satisfied that something had been accomplished, but unless this is done the Commission will have been so much waste of money, it is-now the intention to give notice of this motion to see if something to this end cannot bo accomplished.” Regarding the new City officers, the Mayor intimated that a special meeting" of the Finance Committee would probably be called in a few days, and that a meeting of the, full Council is to make a final selection from the applicants as narrowed down, by the I' inancc Committee, each Councillor of course, being supplied with the lull applications that 'lie might, have an opportunity of making such comment n®_ he wished. It was not possible, said Air . Norwood to consider reorganisation till the new officers were appointed. He mentioned that the Council’s London agents, Messrs Precce. Cardew and Ryder, had reduced the large number of Kngh.sh applicants to about 30, and had placed them .in what they considered "order of merit.” Similarly the Canadian applicants had been narrowed down by the London agents to five, hut the Australian and New Zealand applications would he considered in full by the Council. "I may say,” concluded Air Norwood, “that we have some particularly good applications. No statement has been mode so far as to the cost cf the Commission of Inquiry, first and last, hut it is generally understood that the cost has been quite considerable.” From £6OO to £OOO, said one Councillor.

"Nothing much below- four figures,” said anothei