TRANSPORT CONTROL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 11

TRANSPORT CONTROL

Part of the news on this page appeared in the Late Edition of THE SUN yesterday.

representation of areas adding more districts A return submitted to the Transport Board yesterday showed how the different areas in the Transport Board’s district were represented. The details were: Area No. 1 (Auckland City).—Population, 99,200; area, 18,674 acres; capital value, £ 39.922,664; six members, or one member to each 16,533 of population. Area No. 2 (Mount Albert, Mount Eden, and Newmarket): —Area, 4,081 acres; population, 40,890; value, £11,314,008; two members, or one to each 20,445 of population. Area No. 3 (One Tree Hill, Onehunga. Ellerslie, Mount Wellington, Panmure, and Mount Roskill).—Area, 13.804 acres; population, 27,195; value, £8,378.494; two members, or one for each 13,597 of population. An inquiry was received from the Minister of Public Works as to whether the board -would agree to Henderson, New Lynn, and Glen Eden being included in the district, with separate representation. The chairman, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, moved that the board agree to the inclusion of the extra areas, but that the board at present did not see any reason for increasing the number of members on the board. Mr. Allum pointed out that the three areas combined did not have so many people as One Tree Hill, Onchunga. or several other places now grouped. This was agreed to after a long discussion. •'These people will have representation —all the members of the present board." vnut ■! Mr U W