EGMONT NATIONAL PARK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 July 1925, Page 5

EGMONT NATIONAL PARK.

GOVERNMENT GRANT OF £SOO. LETTER TO MR CORRIGAN. When the Minister for Internal Affairs (Hon. R. F. Bollard) was in Hawera for the Winter Show, Mr J. R. Corrigan, M.P., introduced to him a deputation which preferred a request for financial assistance towards the improvement of facilities in the Egmont National Park. Mr Corrigan has now received the following letter from Mr Bollard: “I beg to inform you that I have received the following memorandum from my colleague the Minister of Lands: —

‘ Egmont National Park: Referring to the report of the interview with you on the 30tli ult. by Mr J. R. Corrigan, M.P., Mr 0. Goodson. and the Mayor of Haw-era, etc., when a request w-as made for Government assistance with respect to the scheme of w-orks now- being formulated by- the Egmont National Park Board, I have to inform you that the Board is empowered by "section 29 of the Egmont National Park Act, 1924, to borrow-, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, moneys for the purpose of erecting buildings, forming roads and other improvements. Such loans may be raised in the manner prescribed by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, without a poll on the security of the Board’s funds and revenues. The State Advances Office is authorised to lend moneys for these purposes. Under, section 28 (c) of the same Act any local authority can make contributions to the funds of the Egmont National Park Board out of its general funds. Mr T. C. List, the chairman of the Board, recently in-terview-ed me with regard to its financial position and requirements, with the result that I have requested the Hon. the Minister of Public Works to arrange, for provision being made on the. forthcoming Public Works Estimates for a grant of £SOO towards the cost of maintaining the northern and southern roads to the mountain houses. ’

“I think the reply-, so far as it goes, of the Minister of Lands will be satisfactory- to y-ou and the members of the Board.”