SYSTEM CONDEMNED.
MINISTER SPEAKS OUT. MAIN HIGHWAY COSTS. (By Telegraph.—rress Association.) GISBORXE, Sunday. A denunciation of the old scheme of things whereby the construction and maintenance of main highways were a liability on county councils was made by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Scmple, at Gisborne on Saturday, when speaking to a deputation representative of Cook County Council ratepayers. To that policy the Minister attributed the plight of many counties throughout the Dominion, who were unable to find money for secondary and back-block roads. The .Minister said that the Government had taken over 2000 miles of highways last year and as a result had eaved the counties £200,000.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 11
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