HARBOUR BRIDGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 663, 15 May 1929, Page 7

HARBOUR BRIDGE

DEPUTATION LEAVES FOR WELLINGTON SETTING UP OF INQUIRY A large and representative deputation left for Wellington last evening to interview the Hon. P. A. de la Parrelle. Minister of Internal Afiairs, to urge the immediate setting up of the necessary departmental inquiry to investigate the question of the most suitable site and to discuss the financial side of the proposed Auckland Harbour bridge. The deputation will be introduced by Mr. R. H. Greville, president of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Association, and will include Mr. J. S. Fletcher, M.P. for Grey Lynn; Mr. W. Wallace, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board: Mr. G. L. Taylor, member of the Mount "Eden Borough Council; Mr. E. Aldridge, Mayor of Devonport, and member of the Auckland Harbour Board; Mr. J. W. Hayden, Deputy-Mayor of Takapuna, and chairman of the Waitemata Power Board; Mr. A. E. Greenslade, Mayor of Northcote, and member of the Auckland Harbour and Waiitemata Power Boards: Mr. J. P. McPhail, Mayor of Birkenhead, and member of the Auckland Education Board; Mr. G. O’Halloran, vice-president of the Bridge Association, member of the Waitemata County Council and Waitemata Power Board; and Mr. C. G. Ashdowne, organising secretary of the Bridge Association.

MR. HARRIS OBJECTS WAS NOT INVITED TO ATTEND In connection with the deputation which left for Wellington last evening, to request a necessary departmental inquiry into the site and financial side of the proposal, Mr. A. Harris, M.P., has forwarded the following telegram to the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs: “I strongly protest against the action of certain members of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Association in arranging today’s deputation to yourself at Wellington as reported in this morning’s ‘Herald.’ without consulting myself. “As a member of the Bridge Association executive and member for the district vitally concerned. 1 had a x'ight to expect at least courtesy and an Invitation to accompany the deputation to Wellington. My first intimation was the announcement in a newspaper that the deputation left for Wellington last evening. The action of those concerned savours of party propaganda which I feel sure you do not approve and which I will certainly not tolerate.”