Firm Platform

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 643, 20 April 1929, Page 9

Firm Platform

CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES

Ticket of Citizen’s Committee

A FIRM, comprehensive platform embracing every phase of civic administration has been formulated by the Progressive Citizens’ Committee and its 16 ticketed candidates for the Auckland City Council. At a meeting of candidates and committee members held yesterday the platform was discussed thoroughly and approved.

The Progressive Citizens’ Committee has selected its candidates after a careful investigation of the qualifications of every nominee. Its ticket is backed by a large following of members and supporters in every section of the community. TT has made abundantly clear the fact that the selection of candidates for its ticket has been made with the full and considered approval of every member. A sub-committee went into the question thoroughly, after which its draft was placed before the committee as a whole. Since the inauguration of its campaign the committee has received a host of assurances in the city and suburbs, and tlie organisation to-day is in an exceptionally strong position. Its ticket is as follows: City Council.—Messrs. J. A. C. Allum, G. Ashley, J. Dempsey, A. J. Entrican, J. W. Kealy (sitting: councillors), H. Bellam, B. L. Bagnail, G. Brownlee, G. Campbell, G. W. Hutchinson, T. McNab, A. G. Quartley, J. F. Shanley, S. Takle, A. Thompson and P. J. Goldfinch. Harbour Board. —Messrs. G. R. Hutchinson, E. W. Inder, J. B. Johnstone, W. A. Thompson. Hospital Board. —Messrs. J. Dempsey, W. A. Thompson, W. Wallace, Dr. E. B. Gunson, Mrs. E. A. Kidd. PLATFORM CLAUSES At yesterday’s meeting the platform for the City Council candidates was discussed and formulated. It is as follows: General.—Our whole programme is devised to give relief to the overburdened ratepayer, by economies in administration and in the efficient carrying on of the city’s business. City Management.—Complete investigation of the management of the city and its officers, to secure efficiency in methods of work and control, proper buying practice and the adoption of contracts instead of day labour when found more economical.

Sewerage.—The adoption of up-to-date methods of disposing of the city’s

sewerage, with a view to eliminating present nuisance In the harbours. Transport Board. —Review of the personnel of the Transport Board after the poll and replacing bva?lected members of the council anyihat may not be re-elected at the poll. Roads and Streets. —Adequate maintenance and scavenging of the paved and surfaced thoroughfares, and the completion of all unformed roads as soon as economically possible. Traffic. —Careful study of traffic problems. New Outlets. —Immediate investigation of possible schemes for necessary improvements to outlets from the city centre with a view to an early settlement of this question and submission to the ratepayers. Water. —Keep water supplies well ahead of immediate requirements, thus avoiding possibility of famine in dry seasons. City Music.—lmmediate consideration to be given to the council’s policy regarding the city’s music. Playing Areas. —Co-operation with sports bodies and tennis clubs, to further improve and increase playing areas and bathing facilities, giving sports associations some security of tenure over the areas occupied, so long as the management and control does not conflict with public interests. Zoo. —The encouragement of the Zoological Society formed to foster interest in the Zoo. with a view to increasing public interest and easing the burden on the ratepayers. Endowments. —Careful management of these assets to procure the fullest revenue. Electoral Reform. —An early investigation of the possibilities of city electoral reform. Harbour Bridge.—Approval of a harbour bridge, providing it imposes no burden on city ratepayers. Hobson Bay.—The conservation of Hobson Bay—to ensure its being kept free from use for industrial purposes. Infectious Diseases. —To recommend to the Hospital Board -Jhe building of the infectious disease ward in a sparsely-populated district well away from the present block.