AUTO ASSOCIATION TERRITORY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 6

AUTO ASSOCIATION TERRITORY

DISPUTE SETTLED MAX AUA I I AGREES TO PRESENT BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON 'l'he question of the boundaries of the Wellington, Wanganui and Manawatu- Automobile Associations was discussed at a special meeting of the North Island Motor Union at Wellington yesterday, when the Manawatu Association agreed to stand by the boundaries as originally deter- \ mined. The trouble arose recently when the Automobile Association (Manawatu) advised the Wellington and Wanganui Associations that it in tended to send its patrols into theirterritory adjacent to its boundaries canvass for members. The meeting at s Wellington was convened at the suggestion of the Wellington and Wanga- ; nui Associations, the latter associa--1 tion being represented by Messrs. P. ' D. England, D. g. O’Toole, J. C. Elliot (Feilding) and F. J. Hill. “When the North Island Motor 1 Union -was formed there was no association in the Manavvatu and Palmerston North was included in the t.erri- ’ lory of the Wellington A.A..” said Mr. ' A. S. Burgess, president of the Auto--1 mobile Association (Wanganui) recently when reviewing the history of the events leading up tc tne trouble. 1 The territory of the Wanganui Assb- ‘ ciation then extended close to Pal- ■ merston North. Later, Manawatu 1 wished to form as association and was ceded territory by the Wellington and Wanganui bodies. Manawatu wanted the bcindary to be the Rar.g-i-I tikei River and Wanganui left the . matter fa the Feilding who ; expressed a wish to remain in the ■ Wanganui territory, I Following this, said Mr. Burgess, a r meeting was held and the boundaries > were fixed so that Palmerston North I was given the territory up to and inI eluding Sanson, with tne exception of . Feilding, which was tr, remain m th* . 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 han been carried out in the ceded terri- . lory, but the Wanganui Association decided to hand over this work free ( of charge.