STRAND EXTENSION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 100, 24 August 1945, Page 5

STRAND EXTENSION

merce and the Harbour Board. Cr Shauley said that there were some queer ideas regarding tlie council's policy, The council was not a subsidiary body to the Chamber of Commerce, If the Chamber of Commerce wanted to put anything to "them the council should be ready to ®ieet them. He recalled that at a -meeting a short time ago, the Borough Council was invited to meet the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the question, We are always inter•ested? he said ? in what the Chamber •of Commerce is doing. With, regard t;o the we dq not know what exactly the Harbour Board requires. If we meet them we will be able to ■discuss the point in a proper manlier. ' Cr Good: It is most peculiar that ftlie Borough Council should be even •considered subsidiary to the Chamber of Commerce, Never since I have been connected with that body have I heard ol such a term. There seem-« qtf to be few businessmen who knew much about the proposed extension and it was thought that the matter should be brought before the Chamber to find out exactly what it was

-about. Cr Canning: Haven't we gof a plan of the proposed roa<l here ?

Cr Shapley: Yes, but \vc haven't "had any proposal from the Harbour

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The Mayor: We approved of the road going a. certain distance provided the Borough Council bad certain drainage rightsi We have not Jieard anything of the matter sincc.

Cr Canning: I think we. should meet these bodies and discuss- thie question.

The Mayor: I think wc should roc ceive the Chamber of Commerce if they wish: to meet us and that out of deference to two public bodies who are doing a public we should meet them if they want us to..

Cr Creeke was of the same opinbut added that lie thought the question of reading was under the jurisdiction of the Borough Council and the Harbour Board should not butt into it. Their job was to look after the river. Besides this, they wanted to open up a new section of ground that was even damper ■ than and therefore unhealthy as a residential area. Ihe Mayor: We will not go into the merits or demerits of the. question just now. It was decided that the Borough Council should receive representatives of the Harbour Board and Chamber of Commerce for the puiy pose of discussing the matter.

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD 'BOROUGH COUNCIL'S REACTION At the last meeting of the Wfoa.katane Borough Council a letter ■ from the Chamber of Commerce suggesting a meeting of representatives of the Borough Council Harbour Board and the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the question: of the proposed Strand Extension Road to I King Street precipitated a lengthy debate, and brought to light conflicting views on the matter! The letter included a request to the Borough Council to reconsider its decision against permitting the Harbour Board to take over sections in order to run the proposed extension: through to King Street. < Cr Canning stated that he thought ■ the matter concerned everyone in 1 the Borough. The town had - pro- ' gressive Harbour Board. At a meet- ] ing held recently, when representa- 1 tives of the Chamber of Commerce e met the Harbour Board, the matter •was discussed, and a motion was s '• carried in which Hie Chamber agreed s to lend every support to the Strand v Extension scheme. He thought that c the least the Borough Council could do was to meet the Harbour Board S( -and put. all its arguments on the table. He proposed that the Borough h Council meet the Chamber of Com- n '