THE ESTIMATES.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3969, 7 October 1930, Page 4

THE ESTIMATES.

The following votes of local interest appear on the Public Works Estimates which were tabled in the House on Friday last: — TOURIST VOTES. Queenstown (grant to Borough Coun cil for works to prevent erosion by lake), £450.; Wakatipu-Te Anau track (huts), £IOO. MAIN HIGHWAYS. Palmerston-Queenstown (via Becks), (free, £5458; £1 for £l, LSO, L 5508; Timaru-Quccnstown (via Tekapo and Lind is Pass), (free, £1170: £2 for £l, £4741), £5911. LAKE COUNTY. Glenorchy to Paradise (£ for £1), £125; Kinloch to Routeburn £2 for £1), £100; Lake Wakatipu (Ellin Bay) to Lake Te Anau (Glade House), via Dore Pass, £117; Lake Wakatipu waterfront, £900; Matukituki River bridge (£2 for £1), £7(57; Milford to Lake Wakatipu, via Hollyford (Gertrude Saddle), £3500; Morven Ferry i'o-acl (£1 for £1), £100; Pembroke to Mount Aspiring, £400; Pembroke to West Wanaka (£1 for £1), £100; Queenstown to Cromwell, via Speargrass (1. for £1), £100; Routeburn to Lake Howden, £6OO. Mr W. A. Bodkin, M.P., advises that, the following items have been included in the Estimates of the Tourist Department, which have been duly passed:—Queenstown Golf Club, (subsidy for improvements), £SO; Queenstown Reserves, (maintenance and improvements), V £35U; Glade House and Te Anau. Wakatipu Milford track (maintenance), £6000; ArrowImvn track along creek. £SO; Arrowtown (improvements to bowling green), £25.