MUST FOOT THE BILL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 314, 27 March 1928, Page 12

MUST FOOT THE BILL

ONEHUNGA AND TRANSPORT COMMISSION PRIME MINISTER FIRM The Mayor of Onehunga, Mr. W. C. Coldicutt, referring last evening to his recent visit to the Municipal Conference at Nelson, said that he had interviewed the Prime Minister on the question of representation at the forthcoming Transport Commission. He told Air. Coates that the Onehunga Borough Council had objected to the Commission and did not desire to furnish evidence or be connected with it in any way; also that his council felt aggrieved at being mulcted in a sum of £9l toward the expenses of the recent Water Commission, which it did not ask for and did not want. The Prime Minister told him that the Onehunga Borough Council would be subpoenaed and would have to attend the Transport Commission and pay its share of the costs. “In that case,” said Mr. Coldicutt last evening, “We shall have to alter our decision and agree to appear before the Commission and give evidence. We shall also have to join in with other suburban local bodies and engage a solicitor to gather evidence and sta% our case.” Councillor Campling: If we have to foot the bill we may as well be represented. The deputy-Mayor, Mr. W. Alorton, was appointed to represent the council at the meeting called by the Alount Eden Borough Council on Thursday evening next for the purpose of receiving the report of the deputation which waited on the Prime Minister in Wellington, and to consider futur& action relative to transport and other questions