FOXTON-SHANNON ROAD.
HIGHWAY BOARD REFUSES TO ASSIST WITH STOP BANKS. Notification that the Main Highways Board could not mala 1 any subsidy available towards the cost of constructing stop-banks and the raising of the Foxtan-Shannon Road, as requested recently, was reeeived at last meeting of the Alan;.wain County Council. Common ting on Hie matter, the chairman (Cr. Birleer), said, it looked as if the Alain Highways Board were shirking their responsibilities. This work was badly mauled for, when Hood water from the Alanawatu River came over the- bank, the Wirokiuo road was soon blocked for traffic. The matter was left in the hands of the chairman to pursue further.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1929, Page 5
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