MIRAMAR & AMALGAMATION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 30 June 1913, Page 6

MIRAMAR & AMALGAMATION.

OPINIONS FOB AND AGAINST, At a m'coling held a Seatoun on Friday evening' to discuss (ho proposed merffin3 of Minimal' Borough with t& city, diverse ■ sides of tho question were spiritedly tskon urt. Mr. 11. P. Rawson, who occupied the chair, was certain that amalgamation would l bo in tho bost interests of tko borougli, and as tho 'heaviest ratepayer next to Itlio Orawfords, ho was prepared to take tho risk of higher rates. Mr. John Brodio, ex-Mayor, also favoured amalgamation. Ho eaid it would have taken placo in. 1909 only for a difference between tho Gas Company and'tho. City Council. 110 maintained £liait. Mirainar would bo . better served with trams if it wero part of tho city. In tlio courso of his remarks, Mr. Byodio eaid that the timo was not far distant wh'en tho Boat Harbour would bavo to como out of tho city to Worser Bay, and that under city control tho Evans Bay improvement scheme would progress more rapidly. Mr. Morris Bell (a borough councillor) objected to amalgamation, and quotod specific rfasons why tho City Council would bo against it. Ho stated that tho council would not tako • over tho borough' tramways even as a gut, and they had protested against tho crcctiort of the power-house. The low of .£2OOO a year 011 tlio tramways was ample excuse for tho city not taking thorn fcver. Mirainar would not (?st Ijettor transit facilities under amalgamation, and lio thought it was best for tho borough to "paddle its own canoe." Mr. A. Henderson faycured amalgamation, but Mr. C. B. Bowio (an ex-counciUor) said it wns the vfry worst timo to go in for tho scheme. Finally, 011 tho motion of Mr. G. Hurley, it was docidcd to rccommeiul the Borough Council to lake tho question of amalgamsHon into consideration ( <ind report a mooting to bo liol<l within six wcoks*