MAIN HIGHWAYS.

Grey River Argus, 9 July 1927, Page 5

MAIN HIGHWAYS.

SUBSIDY FOR BOROUGHS. MINISTER’S PROMISE. (Per Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, July 8. A deputation, composed of twenty members of Parliament, waited on the Minister of Public Works (Hon K. • Williams) to-day, to ask that the sam subsidy for Alain Highways should be made to boroughs as is granted County Councils, for constructional P M P r°J S Linklater (Manawatu) pointed out that no provision for eonstiuction was provided for small boroughs, which felt that a great responsibility had been thrown upon them ten ally. Iu some cases that responsibility could not be met, and it was askec that small boroughs should be placed upon the same footing as County Councils, so far as the subsidy for ® onstr " c ' tion costs were concerned. If request were not granted, it would mean that in many cases, where the boroughs were small, the highway would not be constructed. Most boroughs, he thought, would be satisfied with the subsidy granted to the County Councils, on the ordinary IS feet to 20 feet road, that constituted a higli- " The Alinister gave a sympathetic reply, and while not being able to prolate to go to tho wholelength of the requests, an amendment of the H.ghwavs Act would be brought down in the direction of giving assistance to the small boroughs