AA- BOUNDARIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 243, 14 October 1939, Page 6

AA- BOUNDARIES

WANGANUI AND MANAWATU - POSITION OF FEUDING MR. A. S. BUROESS EXPLAINS THE POSITION That Feilding members of the Vfanganui Association had elected to re- ; main in Wanganui territory when the - Manawatu Association was formed ■ was mentioned by Mr. A. S. Burgess, . president of the Automobile Association (Wanganui), when referring to ] > the reported statements that the 1 Manawatu Association is desirous of 3 bringing Feilding into its territory. Mr. Burgess said that the association had received no word of Mana- ■ watu patrols working in Wanganui , territory. “When the North Island MotorUnion was formed there was no asso- 1 ciation in the Manawatu and Palmerston North was included in the territory of the Wellington A.A.,” said [ Mr. A. S. Burgess, when reviewing the history of the events leading up : [ to the present trouble. The territory . of the Wanganui Association then extended close to Palmerston North, t Later, Manawatu wished to form an ■ association and was ceded territory : by the Wellington and Wanganui 1 bodies. Manawatu wanted the bo’.n- . dary to be the Rangitikei Rix-i’ and i Wanganui left the matter tc the Feilcl- ' ing members, who expressed a wish i to remain in the Wanganui territory. Following this, said Mr. Burgess, a 1 meeting was held and the boundaries 1 xvere fixed so that Palmerston North - was given the territory up to and in- 1 ■ eluding Sanson, with the exception of Feilding, which was to remain in the Wanganui district. This allocation of boundaries was done with the best of feeling on both sides. At the time, Manawatu asked Wanganui the cost of the signposting work which had been carried out in the ceded territory, but the Wanganui Association decided to hand over this work free of char j'. “A few weeks ago the Wanganui A.A. was approached by Manawatu regarding the boundaries," said Mr. Burgess. “We considered that, the matter was finally settled when the ; previous meeting took place and re- > fused to have any further discussion ' on the matter. Up to the present we have received no advice that the • Manawatu Asosciation’s patrols have . gone into Wanganui territory."