LETTERS IN BRIEF
•■'.-\JBitter Mukara and Goverriment Taxpayer ' objects with emphasis: to'the'proposiil to increuso the .petrol, JtSß'.isnd-.'sug-gests that instead there Bhould-be.ia'-eharge for fertilisers carried.free cm -the raihyays, or. a tax on articles used by allHhe.pieiople, not merely by. some;'.' He' cr.ittci|e;s. agorously also the: county.' councils'whJcn. are demanding ix higher-.petrol fe3?.':He;~iirges amalgamation of the: small counties. "They are' nothing- more than alot'cf .bungling money-wasters." . ' ■'..'..■.,■; Vv
Protest,is made by "Save "iip-ur- Springs" against the state of, the road at. The .Ridg\vay, Mornington.: '"Men haye. Eeejv jvorking there, for. the last. six monttuK.'doiug the road, The last thing they, did was to take off the corner, and they have" left the road'in a dangerous state, With everything to try out the springs'of'a-car. I watched the tramway bus go over it the other morning, and it seemed ■ .to: "rock dangerously, anrl how the springs-'-stood up to it J do not know. I ni!tde,;in.guirie.s and was told that they could .not,.get a steam roller up there, but they seem to be able to got a roller to Karori or .Kelburn parade."
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 11
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177LETTERS IN BRIEF Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 11
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