HOARDINGS
The light skirmish between the Railway Minister and the city deputation on Friday was amusing. The Minister could not resist the temptation of a “tu quoque” retort. The deputation had been so fierce about those road hoardings; the Minister retaliated with equally fierce remarks about the hoardings in town, which are agreeable to nobody. Moreover, the Minister had Lo guard his advertising revenue. But when the Mayor assured him that no one was attacking that legitimate growing and carefully-to-be-nursed source of income, the Minister became quite affable, promising to see what could he done to diminish the pranks of the ‘‘road hog,” who is a stationary hog. The Minister’s promise is not to abolish the advertisers—that is beyond the power of man. It is to prevent the advertisers from owning the earth, and that, as at present advised, is his full intention. So far as-the power of the Minister for Railways is concerned, the stationary road hog will be kept from setting himself up us a nuisance in sacred scenic places. If this is done with our picturesque roads all will be well.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12094, 23 March 1925, Page 6
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184HOARDINGS New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12094, 23 March 1925, Page 6
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