LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

TO-DAY'S CONFERENCE. LIST OF THE DELEGATES. The conference convened by (lie Gov* erniiieut for the j;urjK*e oi discussing uo Local Government Bill, which w as introduced during the last session of i-arJinnient, will )„, o , )cne( | in ,!,„ Pvd . iiey Street Schoolroom at 10 o'clock this IEK r T V, Ir ° u - G. W. ttussell, s-. "V. i f V ltoMl Affai ", will prel ~ ,' '"'," V'l "pen the nrccewHnes with ertC ,"■ • r '"? tlu! conference totl.e Bin T" !Wnt / ,ro^*s «• ™»k» ].. tne JiiU by way of mcetinir the ad. th , Bl « ano d , ,f S - wl "?° lhc delewteswer* appointed and in other quarters. Tho rti"-:?" , on kcal Government an. Jiussell intends to «ugge*t tint- ilm oon.erence shall ml tees to deal will, different aspect "of loco government. The,e c«tccs would report to the conference, and'their reports would form the bask ™, hi lurlher proceedings. Following is n list of the 62 delegates elected by tiie local bodies of the Do minion, grouped according to hospital districts:—

Hay oi Islands: Mr. Vernon Reed, M.P Marsden—kaipara: Mr. H. J. Slade chairman, llcbson Comity Council. Auckland: Messrs. C. .T. Parr, Mayor of ;\wkland; H. Schofiold, chairman, Hospital Hoard) G. .1. Garland) M. J. Coyle, Mayor of Mount Albert; J. fi Kutherford; H. R. French, clerk, Wart worth Town Board; and Lbenezer Allen. rhauies—AVaihi—Uoromandsi: Messrs. H. Lowe, Mayor of Thames: and H. M. Corbett, chairman, Ohinemuri County Council.

Wnikato: Messrs. John Bailey, chairman, Waikato County Council) aad John. Fisher, chairman, Waipa County Council,

Bay of Plenty; Mr. D. J. M'Bwon, chairman, Tauranga County Council. Toranaki: Messrs. Ebenezer Manvtsll and Joseph Brown. Stratford: Mr. William Hathaway, chairman, Stratford County Council. Hawera-l'atea: Mr. .1. T. Quia, chairman Hlthtun County Council.

Wanfcanuii: Messrs. William Ritchie, chnirnmn, Waitotara County Oouncil, ami E. X. Liffiton.

Wellington: Messrs. David M'Laren, Mayor of Wellington; James Trevor, chairman, Hospital Board; Robert Lee, chairman, Education Board; i. W. M'Ew.au, Mayor of I'etone; F. W. V«nn,i chairman Horowhonua County Council, l'almcrstou North: Messrs. J. A, Nash, Mayor of Palmcrston North; and J. G. Wilson.

~ Wuirarapa: Messrs. W. J. Welch, '• chairman, Masterion County Council, ' and Alexander D. M'Leod, chairman, Fca--0 thersion County Council. s . Waipavra: Mr. V. Cowpcr, chairman, a - Dnmicvirkc County Council. > Hawfcc's Bay: Messrs. Charles Ellison ° and A. E. Jull, chairman, Counties' Association. 1 Wairoa: Mr. Joseph Corkill, Mayor of s Wairoa. Cook: Dr. J. C. Collins. Waiapu: Mr. K. S. William*, chairman., ' Waiapu County Council. • Wairau-Pieton: Mr. J. G. Armstrong, s chairman, Awatere County Council. • Nelson: Messrs, Horatio Everett, and C. J.,Harley. Bnller-lnansahua: Mr. D. J. Williams, chairman, Bailor County Council. Grey: Mr. Henry Bigncll. Wcst'ahd: Mr. T. Kennedy, chairman, Westiand Hospital Board. North Canterbury; Messrs. J. Bruce, • M. Dalziel, J. H. Davidson, K. Evans, V. HorrelK chairman Hospital Board, A. Moore, and J. Storry. Ashburton: Mr. John Studholme. South Canterbury: Messrs. W. S. Muslin, and C. X. Orbcll, chairman, Levels County Council. Waitaki: Mr. R. Million. Otisgo: Messrs. J. 'Wilson, Mayor of Duncdin; J. IT. Walker, chairman, Hospital Board; H. jr. Driver, chairman, Bruce, County Council; D. Stewart, Mayor of Balclutha; A. S. Orbell, rcemUer of Waikouaiti County Council; and H, O'Neill, chairman, Waihemo County Council. Vincent-Mnniatoto; Mr. John Smart, chairman. Yinocnt Hospital Board. Southland, Wallace, and Fiord: Messrs. Willinm Maealistcr, H. J. Middlelou, and John Fisher. A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL. WITH A SOLO. At the monthly meeting of the Welling-' ton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board held yesterday a discussion took place on tho Local Government Bill. Mr. Geo. London said he thought there was something that should bo said. Ho referred to the fact that the adoption by Parliament o? the Bill would mean tho extinction of the board. There had been a. good deal eaid about tho lack of economy, but lie very much doubted if a local government !»dy could manage the affairs any better or more economically than at present. He would move—"That the Local Government Bill was a retrograde measure which would bring about the extinction of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and other similarly constituted boards." Mr. H. Fletcher said that h* had in another place summed up tho Bill in ons woid—it was an "abortion." Members: "Oh! Oh!" lit-. David M'Larcn declared himself against the measure, as did several other, members of the board. Mr. F. T. Moore asked why not admit that the work was really done by the officials. The members wer« connected with the board v-ear after year, and sanctioned anything flic officials liked to ask, until there was nothing much left to ask for. He .believed in much which the Bill contained. Messrs. Robertson, R. C. Kirk, arid J. W. M'Ewen also spoke in condemnation of the adoption of the Bill. The motion was adopted.