ROAD COSTS.
"Viator's" last letter adds nothing' to ij« ; previous statements. He has written repe«j I edly on this subject without a knowledge , " 1 the facts, and has at last found "elump" »P I which suit liis. prejudice. Tho figures gi ff " by the National Expenditure Commission *™ < misleading, because the Customs receipts fr°™ motor taxation are abnormally low, and W* expenditure on roads for the years referred i was swollen by tlio cost of relief worKcra employed on unnecessary or premature f* r ? i works for deviations. The figures given in w first Transport Department report for nofffl 81 conditions before the slump dispose of w> j idea that motor transport enjoys huge J" ' sidiee. ACCURACY.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 266, 9 November 1932, Page 6
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