County Councils' Conference

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1052, 28 July 1904, Page 3

County Councils' Conference

| By Teh' .;j>ii.«Press Association, Wklmnoton. this claj. Tub Confei'cnco of Comity Coimoils ro* B umc(l tl'is morning. The special corauiittco recommeudod—(l) Tlmt the Government bo asked to substitute a graduated system of subsidies in place of the present eastern. (2) That tho bisis of the subsidy bo a rate o! ono half-pe ny in tho pound, on which n, subsity c! iivo shillings in tho pound will be gran led, and an iticroaso of half-crown in tho pound for ovory farthing in tho pound increnßO of vato in the counties where road boards oxist; the subsidy to bo paid to both Road Boards and Counties on tho basis of thoir rospec* tivo ratC9. Tho roport will bo discussed this alter noon,