NEWMARKET BREEZE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 9

NEWMARKET BREEZE.

MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS.

PROPOSED TRAMWAY ALTERATIONS. OFFICIAL PLAN" WANTED. "There are u. couple of matters that I wantk to bring up," said Mr. H. J. Cooper at last night's meeting of the Newmarket Borough Council. First of allelic said, there was published a statement that lie was prepared to pay £1000 for a tram stop. He never said,such a thing and did not mean it. that way either.

The Mayor (Mr. 8. Donaldson): You are trying to make capital out of it.

It ]iml also been stated in the same pnprr that he demanded an apology, said Mr. Cooper. That nlso wan wrong. It was three weeks to-morrow from the T'<">ll, which wn* tu l>o taken about tramv.ay alterations, and so far he had nol received any official plan from the traniv.avN authorities. He did not think tiling had Wen straight and above bf.nrd. and thnf. the council had been tifiitpcl fiiirlv in the niattfT. The Mayor: If the councillor was a* us me he would have no reason f"r Hulking such a t-tatement. As for n ski rig for an official plan, that is quite lipyond my comprehension, for the plan that the tramways took their plan from it in this council office at the present moment. It was the Sampson plan which was adopted.

Mr. .T. Tinrdlvy: It is news to me that we hnvo adopted Mr. Sampson's plan.

The Mayor: It is the amended plan

"\Vlio'« running the show here?* Them arc lots of funny things going on," said Mr. H C.rf!:ory. who added that ratrfmypijj were to bp asked to throw away 17.')0 on tram trucks which did not 1>»long to them. He moved that the Tramways Department should be asked to answer t lie council's proposals and to forward an official plan.

Mr. <i. K. Siuenloii, who seconded tfcp motion, -aid that ratepayers would hn\o to li.» -tiown t.h* , official plan when tlio |iro|KisnU Mere Wing outlined.

After further discu.-**ion it was re •olred to write to the tramway autliori tics for (his information.