The hope that the Main Highways Board would never be abolished, was expressed at yesterday's conference of local bodies on highways matters, by Mr F. W. Johnston, who was present as a representative of the South Island Motor Union, and the Canterbury Automobile Association. Mr Johnston said that the motoring community and the Coun.tj Councils were in accord on the question of motor taxation, believing that it should be used only for roading purposes. Regarding subsidies, he stated that he believed it would be a mistake to abolish the Board for if the money now raised for roading purposes were handled by the Public Works Department the South Island would be much worse off than at present, for the Board was a nonpolitical body, and was thus unaffected by the preponderance of North Island ,votes in Parliament.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20224, 30 April 1931, Page 8
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