GREAT SOUTH ROAD.
FARMERS AND CONCRETE. Somewhat contrary to expectations rh« farmers in the Papatoetoe riding of the Manukau (County showed strong approval of the scheme for concreting the Great South Road iu the district at the poll taken on Thursday. Only 281 ratepayers actually voted but by them a total of 565 formal votes was cast, the number of votes depending on the amount of land owned by a ratepayer. As t he far ™ own a considerable porboa of the area concerned they naiurallv ha share in the voting, and it, I . s P. of Mr. F. M. Waters, choarmao of the Manukau County Comcfll, ttjt tihe mers havo recognised the n^ r i rope rties ing good roads between their proper* and the citj.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19298, 10 April 1926, Page 11
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