NEWMARKET AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 230, 28 September 1928, Page 6

NEWMARKET AFFAIRS.

I was very much interested in a letter in Wednesday's "Star' from '"Residential Katepayer." As far as the tram stops are concerned I do not care a bit where they put them. If I had a shop at the south end of Broadway I should not push for the stop to be put ftt the north end, and I suppose that is the position as it stands to-day. But the Outhwaite Park is quite a different matter altogether. It is one of the most childish things that could be imagined, right alongside a beautifnl place like the Domain. If the frontage had been leased for building purposes a large amount of income from rent and rates would have been the result and no expense to the ratepayers. If it could not be done according to the will a bill might ha-e been put through Parliament, or it could have been handed back to the estate. I would like to point out to the council that it is not a charitable aid board, and, although we deplore the unemployment, that is no reason why it should borrow money without taking a poll first. I do not blame the Mayor any more than the others, as there are nine councillors to keep him in check if he wants to go too fast.

OUTSIDE RATEPAYER.