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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12093, 21 March 1925, Page 11

“It w to be sincerely hoped,” remarked a Wellington mt'torist to a “Time.- ’ reporter yesterd :y, “chat the City Council will during :li<-: next financial year make aom-: other than the present ridiculous arrnng.emrriits. for ihe. receiving of Hutt, road fees. The motorist, being a person with a nwual amount of conimcnsense, naturally goes tq the traffic inspector’s office to pay his fee, though, of course, if lie sat down for half an hour 1 and argued it out with himself, he would realise that the collection of f- J ’-s is a matter for the city treasury, and that he should go tV tint department The motorifit wastes time, the council’s officers waste time, hut that is purely the motorist’s N.uilt, lie dooe not aigue it out with himself. As a matter of fact, the whole business of making payments to the council is an aheurdly complicated business* of walking round a block and carefully searching for the right pay in counter.” The Hon. A. D. McLeod has stated that, unless the Dominion had an export of £40,000.000 nnd over annually it could not fail to be financially embarrassed.