“I believe that the ■ Government, when times improve, will devote the whole of the revenue from the petrol tax to the roads of the Dominion, and as the amount derived from this source will easily cover the total amount struck for road rates, you will readily appreciate that -when such a course is spermissible there will no longer be the necessity for striking these rates,” said Mr. W. Morrison, a member of the Moil Highways Board, during an address at the annual meeting of the No. 7 (Taranaki) District Highways Council at Stratford. Mr. Morrison said he did not wish to enter into a discussion on dc-rating, hut he had explained the - position, us he saw' it. f)nr prices rlof ■ eomne+ifion —h W. .T Mann Chemicf ■. pONCHBT Tickets, Dance Tickets, Ball Programmes-, ' Invitation Cards, etc., printed at shortest notice. New stocks of latest designs always coming to shand.—Gisborne Times Printing Works..
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11956, 29 May 1933, Page 2
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151Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11956, 29 May 1933, Page 2
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