"A DICTATORSHIP"
TRANSPORT CONTROL.
GOVERNMENT CRITICISED.
COUNTY COUNCIL'S PI<AINT.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
HAMILTON, this day
[ "All our powers are being taken away by the transport authorities, and I do not know what will be tlio outcome," commented Mr. J. A. Sampson, chairman, at a meeting of tho Waikato County Council to-day, when the county solicitor advised that under the present system of road control the council had few if any powers to protect its roads. Tho matter arose through tho consideration of damage done to roads by lorries.
Mr. Sampson said it was obvious that one set of conditions could not prevail throughout New Zealand. Local bodies were in touch with local problems, and instead of seeking their guidance the Government was doing tho opposite. The engineer, Mr. A. A. Woodward, remarked that the Minister of Transport was only another name for a commissioner who made all decisions in Wellington. Mr. G. M. Watt: A dictatorship!
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 10
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"A DICTATORSHIP"
Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 10
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