WAIHI AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 274, 19 November 1927, Page 12

WAIHI AFFAIRS.

TRAFFIC AND THE PETROL TAX.

part h of o, the a t V Zn "Y ine K Shaft f? eastern , . " ,e town has been declarer! thn municipal rubbish dump. ai* l ' Borough Council has decldpri to remove the municipal salevards failing SofA • nC l ory . offer fr01 » fitter the Waihi Uoneering Co° C #r th « W-'^ immsm «/l I", connection with the disposal of Xv™ • whlch there 18 SKltrt

as payment for his services t e<l assurSsfesssß The latter was a resident of Wuihl twenty" ban J r e e a p r r ß e^? i n v d e. a hHe"'vifit T tTwaihi Ea8 M, i 8 ® vicar of St. John's, Waihi a "few "ears aTo* He resigned on account of ill-health i returned to Canada, subsequently deciding to again come to New Zealand aecl <»ns At the recent meeting of' the Wnihi Borough Council communications were read from the Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce and the Wanganui City Council, asking thl Council to support resolutions protesting against the petrol tax. It was considered that any such action would be onlv waste of time, as the measure was certain to be passed. It is doubtful, however, whether the council would have supported the nrr. test in view of the impossibility of kle&ng up road maintenance in face of the daraace inflicted by motor traffic. "