HIGHWAYS REVENUE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 66, 14 September 1929, Page 10

HIGHWAYS REVENUE

PREMIER'S POLICY

AN AUCKLAND PROTEST

(By Telegraph.—Presa Association.)

AUCKLAND, This Day. One of the most representative protests yet recorded against any activity of the Prime Minister was voiced yesterday when a gathering of over sixty delegates from seventeen local bodies condemned the proposal to interfere with the revenue of the Main Highways Board.

The meeting was convened by the Auckland Automobile Association, City Council, and Auckland- Chamber ■of Commerce. Seven boroughs, three counties, two town boards, and two road boards were represented, ,and twenty-two other local authorities 'forwarded expressions of opinion. Somo very plain speaking was made at the meeting, and it was resolved that a protest be recorded against the proposals for making all payments to the Highways Board out of "the Loan Account on the grounds that this would be against the spirit and letter of the legislation, and would sooner or later restrict the operations of the board and interfere with the benefits to both the local authorities and tho road users.

It was resolved to forward a resolution to the Prime- Minister and to members of Parliament, and to join with the. South Island motorists and local bodies in a deputation to the Prime Minister. '