THE HUTT ROAD.
QtIESIiON m CONTROL, i A resent Gazette notice fofhliillv ves.t- ---| ed tho *qntro : l of tJie.jtairi!utt-.Bea<l in tho %llinaten City Oottnjjlj and set out iii a sehcetnle the lands tfvat were I iiicWporaiftel iit the no* road, 'file niat- ! tor' of vesting $10 central 'in the GSty Council lias Wisecl a pfQt&sb frfliji Ml'. iT. M. Wjlfdrd, \v : tm I)is vfftten'.to the ' Prime Miftfetor in .ft* following teifts: ; . "I desire fo. prbfet, as; .hienlb , " i -'fef Kttt.t, iijpamst tha v.o'stb.4 «{ tii6 Vitrei .of ilie Butt : Rflatl iii t-Jia WelMirsjttih City Cduntfil, ami. in vfeiv af "tire stfttemants' Iliads by the Hon. Jfr, Plor-Kfes aiitf yourself 10 tlie deWitiitioli. i.i;rii§t tluit yoivrt'ffl see j'Otti , way tjear t-o ri , - vojfo tji6 nni'iffp onij see 'Qiit t[m Fottd' is vested ijot.in. quo local*ftiitllority, but ift 0 beaW tepfij.iseiiiiiig them all. This is iiiost. intpartarit to my cbiiititivenpy, foe epeti leqal a:uthorit|' dosires |o liave a'voips in tlie manfiy. lriucli will tie expnded in the totiito pji tlio tiplsßßp of that read, aiid a-Jso dci sii'o.s to liai'ft vcjwcseirtiitivcs appointed m the feoaft) wiio iiiay fiojtmnuiicato wjtli tlioir cottieHs besforc a.ny airtltarHStioi.i : : taJceS jita'ert in ttio way of c?:.p.enfTiture.'' ■
Mr. Vi'rlforcl aJsn draffs att.cnt.iQii fo a letter from 'the to the OnsW Borough (Spiiiicii fflrtWd' Seft- ■ tombof Sfi'last), whieli tlie MwiSteK after advi-siiiiz the Bo.rough' ujund-l that ■tiie control liatl been rested in t-lio CStV Ceuucil, stated:—'"lf. ho*Bter, the rtT'iorts Gontfibutiftff bofties co.nsitler that some lnoi-e irraciicnble nrrauptiflcnt can .be co»p to tiio Government fo pvepawd to cnnskler any {i.i'6|«).Rals tltat are Wade ■ f(>r Ti estilifi the fepet ait a boaifel •nonfiii-. ■tuiwT of represeirfiiiivps from aM Mm focal b'etlies, or pying -thft cmstribiiting. Iwlies reiTresMiteticin so that-. tli*<i* iiar» tfcular' intwests can be« .atiarfetl."
On Oetcfer 7 a (Jeputntion waited on. ■tiw PfiSiJe Mniistor awl tl«<* Minister of IR-aihvaS's, pud Mr. Irtike (Mayor sf Wol-tiii"fcn-n) aster] tlwt the road should lie' vested net in the Wc.llit)o<m CHv-Cmni-ei.l, but in i.h<» who!" of tte In.ral bodies poirco.Mir'fl. Mf. Berries , replied tlJat ftp rWI roust lio vettci jii our toeaf toily orhisilwarci. The Prin« Minis-tor tator sJfttwl that tlifl road wbnkl jiot bo vest*, ed till ilie matter was soHtod.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2016, 25 March 1914, Page 11
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368THE HUTT ROAD. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2016, 25 March 1914, Page 11
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