MAIN HIGHWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 218, 13 September 1924, Page 7

MAIN HIGHWAYS.

QUESTION OF FTNANCE. j , m- Te!e_T_'._ -Owa r orr_spondent 1 |, WHANGAREI. this day. i The Under-Secretary for internal * Affairs, jn to a question by the [Cerarrtv Council, wrote that charges j lin relation to main h'ghways must, as J* the law s-.-.od. be debited to the gen- ; ' eral account of a count-.- a? a liability ' of the county as a whole, in the same manner as if the m_in highway were a declared main road. The county clerk i then asked whether, under the al'.ered T - conditions. it would be" legal for aj - riding to contribute riding funds t r i j » work; on main 'highway? under the j c Main Highways Act. Ir. reply, the U Under-Secretary stated that under the ; - existing law iner- appeared to be no jt statutory authority to do this. s The matter wa_ further discussed at l r to-day's meeting of the County Council, a It wa- ?t_>te.l that it would involve I great alteration throughout New Zea- t land in i he present system o: Sewing a rates, ami in the administration of v general and riding fund.?. The difficulty . ■vas attributed largely - (J tae Q f co-ordination between eiepartments. I: '.va? decided to draw the attention of the ' ounties' Association to the a position created, with a view to a 4 remedy being- found by an amendment a to the Rating Act. -