ROTORUA BOR[?]

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 720, 21 December 1933, Page 4

ROTORUA BOR[?]

ITS CONSTITJJ] ' t. PRUPOSAL TO REiHQj representatM GpVERNMEN| MOTION DEFEAlj 1 . « . * »>■' ' * ;v ' * In acdor dance with • ^ tion Cr.- E. T. Johnson last ed "Th'at the couneil tak© sary steps to obtain an, df Section 4 of:ithe Rotorj Act, 1922," to provide that bers of the couneil shall by the electors of the that none of such lnemljg appointe.d by the Goveraoi In speaking to the motj he : considered Rotorua1 %a to control its 1 own affairj, ] first took over contr-ol th« assistance from the Govea 'after getting into the ^ control he considered they given absolute control., i British justice. Also % point that when they a rates from people or int; 1 should not be represented, i also the fact that they reeeived any bath fees m\ Government which was aa reason for the removalj ment repi*esentatives. Making it clear that referred to the Goveina sentatives, Cr. Goodson h town was well able to t dwn affairs and the couj be elective. Gr. Woolliaans thought Tourist Department should

table. It enabled the coun: department to get togetb cold writing. Cr. S-teele thought inte so interlocked that it k have the Tourist Departe couneil. He could not supp; tion. A Fatal Error Gr. L. J. • Bayf eild (ft sentative) said perswially be glad to second the nioi a councillor he felt it'-o fatal error to take such liaison ofRcer between i and the department should cided use to the couneil. Cr. Wa'ekrow (Govei'nu sentative") * considered tha had been exceptionally be Government expenditure i stanced the big improveu baths. The Government had pend large sums on the ings and it had a right 1 the fees. The Government; alilce had richly endowec with' lands. In the last fev Government had eleaned grounds and made them none in the Southern Heni the natives had been ; generous. Good Work Cr. O. H. Coleman paii to the Avork carried out t ernment nominees and sai was fortunate in having £ Crs. Ba.yfeild and Wacb couneil. It was also a mh that the Government i tribute to the revenue I ceived £1600 a year in Government had also couneil with the drainagf in many other ways. a eertain arnount of jus' democratic principles for he felt that when it was r the Government contnbr! of the revenue represeri justified. A Unique Positi' The Mayor said there miltedly justification for elective members — Rotorr only borough which b presentatives — but the f was unique as the int® Government were very ' town and the work of( was very largely intenvo; town. For that reason rfj was justified. There wiasl and that was that repres elective h'ad a stabilising1 liberations. With two members it was possibli greater continuance oif an entirely new couneil Theoretically it was hest elective conncil, but taB? into consideration it WS have Government repr® the couneil. No Diseont®! Cr. Johnson said that 1 his mind no f eeling of 0® th'e present members, it the following up of polacy. He was quite w® his motion to provide for' to represent the GoverC the native villages were Rotorua they were also! the Crown. All the exp® the baths Was not sol$ terests of Rotorua-^ also got th'e benefitGovernment's contribu^ ■ cerned he considered tb01 reasonable that there : ment for the services Pr° borough. ' The motion was then l ; Crs. Johnson and Goooh only supporters. ;