GRANT FOR HIGHWAY
HOWICK TO MAN UREWA The sum cf £750 has been allocated by/the Main Highways Board on a subsidy basis cf £3 for £1 for reconstruction and tar-sealing work on the Howick-Manurewa main highway, according to advice received by tho Howick Towi Board at ite meeting on Thursday night. Tho total cost of tho work will be £IOOO, and the Highways Board has also allocated for maintenance work. A petition was received from shopkeepers and business linns in tho district objecting to any proposed legislation affecting the weekly half-holiday .whereby compulsory Saturday closing was introduced. It was stated that owing to the large volume of weekend and holiday trading, any attempt to enforce this measure would bo a gerious hardship to tho local business community. The board agreed to support the petitioners if required. Wednesday is the statutory half-holiday in the district A general- clearing of the grounds and ■buildings a 1 tho public domain was authorised, members agreeing that this part of the board's work had been too long'delayed and neglected. Tho foreman, Mr. W. A. Amis, reported that the new concroto culverts at Cockle Bay had been finished, and the' roads woro opon for traffic,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 14
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199GRANT FOR HIGHWAY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 14
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