Auckland Transport Has Special Claims

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 605, 6 March 1929, Page 8

Auckland Transport Has Special Claims

ADVISORY COUNCIL

REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Although the Minister of Trans, port, the Hon. W. A. Veitch, consid. ers that the present constitution of the Transport Advisory Board stands for sufficient representation of all motoring and transport interests, the Auckland Transport Board is positive that it would benefit by having a special rep re . sentative on the Advisory Board. The chairman of the Auckland board, Mr. J. A. C. All urn, recently asked the Minister by telegram in what way the interests of the Auckland board were to be represented. A reply came yesterday afternoon saying that it was considered that the demands of all sections of the commua, ity were met by the existing constitution. The reply added that arrangement could be made for the consideration of any special claims for separate representation that Auckland could bring forward. It was not desired to make the board unwieldy. Mr. Allum said at the meeting that he had prepared a list of claims. After they were read, the board unanimously agreed that the Minister should be advised that the board holds the opinion that it should have separate representation. The claims drawn up said that the board was a body constituted by a separate Act of Parliament. It owned and operated the largest passenger roadtransport system in New Zealand, including the largest omnibus organisation. All forms of passenger transport were controlled in a populous area, and omnibus services from large ontside districts were controlled on entering the area. The transport prohlems in Auckland were probably more pressing and intricate than anywhere else in the Dominion, and the board considered that, because of its experience in dealing with transport questions, a representative would be of great assistance to the advisorr cil. “On this advisory council.** said ISffr. A. J. Entrican, “all other interests tramway interests have representation.” Mr. Allum said that he had not mentioned the point in the claims because he had understood that there would be representation for local bodies, and tramway view's w'ould perhaps be covered by that. “I think we should look at this question more as a transport board than as a tramway concern.” Mr. Allum said.