TRANSPORT ANOMALIES
VOTING AND REPRESENTATION MR. R. J. CLARK NOMINATED The On© Tree Hill Road Board, at its meeting last evening, decided to nominate Mr. R. G. Clark for the vacancy on the Transport Board caused by the resignation of Mr. F. S. Morton. Mr. W. G. Mulholland said that Mr. Clark was an able and capable man, who was well worthy of support. The chairman, Mr. J. S. Hardwicke, said it was a pity that the election was taking place during the holidays. It would not be possible therefore to give as much support as would otherwise be possible. He would have much pleasure in signing Mr. Clark’s nomination. Mr. Clark thanked the board for the confidence it had in him. But, he said, there were anomalies associated with the Auckland Transport Board Act which created difficulties. Where Onehunga Borough with a population of 10,000 had 5,000 votes, One. Tree Hill, Mount Roskill and Mount Wellington Road Boards, and the Ellerslie Town Board, with a total population of 17,050, had only 6,4-89 votes. Regarding nomination and representation in connection with population, Onehunga and One Tree Hill, with a total population of 18,000, had 17 votes, while Ellerslie, Mount’ Wellington and Panmure had the same number of votes, although their total populatipn was only 4,350.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 849, 18 December 1929, Page 6
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