HUTT COUNTY LOAN

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 76, 22 December 1924, Page 6

HUTT COUNTY LOAN

CARRIED BY BIG MAJORITY EARLY START TO BE MADE WITH WORK With three email returns yet to come, the poll taken in the Hutt County on Friday for the purpose of ascertaining the ratepayers’ decision in the matter of borrowing £45,000 (i the county’s contribution under the Main Highway Board’s scheme, is definitely carried. The heavy rain made a tremendous difference to the voting, although the fact that nearly 800 ratepayers braved the elements and voted, was considered very satisfactory. At Belmont, where only two votes were recorded, the booth was surrounded by water, and therefore practically inaccessible. The county chairman (Mr. A. J. Mackay), when seen by a Dominion reporter on Saturday, said that he was very satisfied with the result. Ratepayers had supported the proposal wholeheartedly, and although many of the booths could be reached only after great difficulties, there was an excellent muster or voters. Particularly was he pleased with Paraparaumu, where 117 ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and only one against it. The majority at present in favour of the loan is over 600, in a poll of 738. The following are details of the

The county chairman said he hoped that it would be possible to call fol tenders for the widening of Day’s Bay road before the January meeting of the council. "Work on the three roads —Main West, Main East, and Day’s Bay—would be done in separate and distinct divisions, and it would be commenced with as little delay as pos sible. No difficulty was anticipated in getting the necessary plant, while the county already had a large amount of transport available for the work The Western Road would be bitumen sealed, while the Hutt Valley and the Day’s Bay roads would be surfaced on the “hot mix” principle, exactly as the Hutt Road to Petone was done. This work would bo done by the Hutt Road Board.

voting:— For Against Reikorangi 4 2 I’araparaumu .. 117 1 Paokakariki . 38 4 Pahautanui .. 37 23 Paremata .. 12 1 Plimmerton . 27 13 Pakuratahi 3 , 0 Silverstream .. 56 3 Wallacevilla . 15 3 Hutt County office . . 207 14 Taita .. 76 9 Day’s Bay . 25 0 ■Whiteman’s Valley . .. 16 0 Belmont 2 0 Trontham . 23 1 Akatarawa . 10 0 Totals ... . 671 67