LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13678, 11 May 1912, Page 5

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

WAIROA OPINION. (Per United Press Association.) WAIROA, May 11. A largely-attended meeting of local bodies in the Wairoa district last night strongly condemned the Local Government Bill as regards County Councils, Borough Councils, and Hospital Boards, and resolutions were passed condemning it for its centralising tendencies. It is claimed that Wairoa’s isolation demands special consideration. The Mayor of Wairoa was ■lected as a deh gate. The following mo.tion was proposed, but was not put, the delegate-elect stating that he would adopt the line pro) used : That the Government he .■< commended, if they desire to simnlifv local government, to adopt Charitable Aid Districts us granted, and atiolish all Road Boards, Charitable Aid and Hospital Boards, Domain and Cemetery Boards, Town, Drainage, and River Boards, and delegate their powers aud duties to councils and boroughs.