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"ANOTHER INJUSTICE TO —."

SOUTH ISLAND COMPLAINT.

"WHERE ARE QUE BACKBLOCKS?"

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, this day. "It looks as if the South Island is going to be worse off than ever," said Mr. Hawkes, secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association, referring to the Highways Board's finances. "The Government is robbing the board of £235,000 and putting an extra threepence on the petrol tax. When the taxation of motorists was first proposed it was intended exclusively for highways, then secondary highways were added, and now it is being used to bolster up the Consolidated Fund, it is being made a most unjust tax." Mr. Hawkes said the money made available for the improvement of backblocks roads would be spent in the North Island. "Where are our backblocks?" he. asked.

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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 175, 26 July 1930, Page 7

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"ANOTHER INJUSTICE TO —." Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 175, 26 July 1930, Page 7

"ANOTHER INJUSTICE TO —." Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 175, 26 July 1930, Page 7

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