THE WHEEL TAX.
(To the Editor of the Times.) . Sib, —Re the new fad of alteration in tyres which has been on the board, there has been a very general concensus of opinion that our district is retrograding and not advancing. If some of those who apparently are supporters of this backward movement lived near or had to travel some of the roads in portions of this district, it is extremely doubtful if they would support such absolutely stupid suggestions as those re the width of tyres and wheel tax. This tax will not I fall so severely on carriers as their charges will be in proportion, or even on those who have roads made to their doors, but will become a big burden to very many I others in the back blocks such as the Motu, etc. If some of the Councillors advocating this new fangled idea will show the advantages to be gained, I shall be pleased to hear of it, but would suggest that, to my mind, the small settlers would possibly have to dispose of their useful and handy vehicles and secure traction engines or even some of those old chariots of Pharoah’s, if they can be obtained from tho Red Sea.—l am, etc., J. Brown, Te Karaka.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 100, 7 May 1901, Page 3
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