"AUCKLAND A LAW UNTO ITSELF"
WELLINGTON, Augiisl 3. When asked to comment on the reported statemonts by Sir James Gunson, the chairman ot' the Great Wai; Lunds Committee, Sir James Elliott, rexilipil: " It is true that tlie governing bodyrpieets in Wellington for convenU encej and Sir James Gunson ought to know ;tluit the Wellington Provincp lias ino mg'a'c ei»iti'oD4ha-iu -.Auaklaiid .-oi' ^fcka othei^iii'bviiudjs. in New Zealand.", . To^fiay thalf "Wellington wants to run everylhiug, and we are uot. going to allow it," eonthiuod Sir James Elliott, suggosted a petty provincial outlook, and was grossly inaccurate. "The Auckland committee of. the Great War Funds Administration of the Joint Council has always been a law unto itseif," added Sir James. Elliott, "and its methods of distributing its "funds liave met with serious opposition in various quarters, and tliere have been recurring complaints from the Auckland R.S.A. ' 1
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 August 1946, Page 6
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