ROAD MAINTENANCE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 October 1924, Page 5

ROAD MAINTENANCE.

MUNICIPAL, CONFERENCE. Cuy TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND. Oct. 24. The municipal conference carried remits as follows: — With reference to tlie union of boroughs a remit urged that the Municipal Corporations Act be amended to provide that a poll on the question should be required if a request to that effect was signed by 25 per cent, of the electors of a petitioning borough. V Two remits relative to roads and maintenance urged: (a.) That where more than two local bodies were concerned power should be given so that the majority of bodies concerned could compel the authority having control to carry out repairs and upkeep as was ' deemed necessary by the majority of the parties; (b) that control should in all cases be given to the body contributing the largest quota of maintenance, provided there was no mutual agreement to the contrary. A remit from Christchurch . urged that a- Bill be passed authorising the setting up of a board to control the licensing of wiremen and to standardise fche wiring regulations and electr-ical by-laws throughout New Zealand. A remit was carried dealing with contracts with a council and providing that section 40 sub-section (5) of the Municipal Corporations Act be amended by increasing the sums of £5 and CIO mentioned therein to £lO and £2O to remove . the disqualification . from business men whose integrity and ability would make them an acquisition to local bodies. Favourable consideration by the Government of the question of restoring the library subsidy was urged in a remit from Lyttelton. Sumner urged that with a view .to reducing th e cost of constructing and maintaining streets, the Government should be recomended to import bitumen, to be supplied to local authori- . ties at cost price. An amendment to the Municipal Cor. poration Act was suggested, in a remit asking that the liimt of £4O imposed on expenditure by local bodies in paying the expenses of members travelling to attend conferences be lifted. T»i.s was carried, with the addition Giat the section should apply to town boards nl«o. conference warmlv nbpfoved daybVhl, saving, and decided’ to ask the Orn’crnment to give effect to~"'this measure. . . Thn conference will lie held at T * nil ° rl ’’n during the exhibition, and L bo Mayor of Dunedin was elected for the ensuing year. Ti’p cor.fo-ence has concluded.