LOCAL BODY REFORM
ISSUE BEFORE CABINET NEED ACKNOWLEDGED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The question of local body retortr was referred to ov the Minister ot Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Pa: ry, when he opened the biennial ct r fcrcnce of the New Zealand Ccun.ies’ Association to-day. He assured the conference that the uovemment was anxious to proceed •U r-g the most satisfactory lines , nct f.e re. ommcndrtions of the selee: i .pnmitte.- which considered the bill providing for amalgamation, was now r-ceiving ‘.he closest consideration of an Government. He >said that almost without excep„ion, the evidence placed before the i’a rli amenta ry comm i t tee suggested .hoe was some need for reform and ..hat the existing methods were unalisfaetory. The commi.tee had considered a suggestion that there should be a commission of inquiry to examine thoroughly the whole problem if local government, but it felt that such a commission could do little other than to suggest that something ought to be done, and : that had i.ready been admitted. It could not be suggested that a commission could inailv and definitely re-plan local government.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20000, 27 July 1939, Page 16
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189LOCAL BODY REFORM Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20000, 27 July 1939, Page 16
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