A NATIONAL HIGHWAY.
THE GORGE ROAD. •; LOCAL BODIES’ RESOLUTION. At a conference in Palmerston North yesterday, local bodies interested in the Manawatu Gorge Road , improvement work passed a resolu- • ‘ tion concerning that thoroughfare, Air W. Dobson (Dannovirke) expressed the opinion that the money for the road work should be found by the I Government and that later it should It 1 be taken over by the Government as ie I a national highway. He moved the a I following resolution, which was carst I ried unanimously; “That, this meeting id j of delegates representing local bodies ,t I contributing to the Gorge road urges that as this work is a national one, ii is the duty of flic Government to fine the money at a rate of interest noi n exceeding 5 per cent., and it is of flit ii opinion that it should be taken ovei under the National Highways Bill, ii that act becomes operative.” Tlu i- road, said Air Dobson, should not be a a burden on any particular local body ,e ■
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 7
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175A NATIONAL HIGHWAY. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 7
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