RIDINGS ABOLISHED
WANGANUI COUNTY DECISION MANY STATE HIGHWAYS In accord with notice given the chairman of the Wanganui County Council, Mr. Duncan Mackintosh, moved a special meeting of the council yesterday that ridings of the county be abolished as from ApXl 1 next. The motion was supported unanimously and will be confirmed at the next meeting of the council in March. In support of his motion, Mr. Mackintosh said that the Highways Board had taken over many of the county roads and it would be. unfair to the county as a whole to retain the riding system. This was a matter w’hich had to be looked at from the point of view of the ratepayers au a whole. “I think we all realise that things are going to be much different, and we must take a broader view,” Mr. Mackintosh added. “I have always been in favour of the abolition of ridings,” said Cr. J. Kennedy, seconding the motion. “I think we have been a collection ot road boards in the past. Now we will assume the status of counties.” Cr. A. Rice: Does it include amalgamation of all the special rates in the ridings? The chairman: No. They remain as they are. “I am supporting the motion,” said Cr. D. McGregor, “but the point I want to make is, who is going to discriminate between the various roads? Take my road, for instance (No. 2 Line). It carries the most amount of traffic in the county, but the road which gets the greatest support on the council will have the most spent on it.” Cr. Kennedy: We will all help you. The chairman (to Cr. McGregor): You have sat at this table for a number of years and you know how the councillors are always fair in these matters. I don’t think, in cases ef this sort, that the council will consider any councillor but will look at. the thing from the point of view of the county as a whole. Cr. McGregor: I hope they do. Crs. A. H. Collins, T. Mitchell, W. Craig and J. Marumaru supported the motion. Cr. Mitchell asked what was to happen to representation of ridings. The chairman: It will remain the salne
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 8
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370RIDINGS ABOLISHED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 8
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