IMPROVING FACILITIES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 10

IMPROVING FACILITIES

AT MATAWHERO SALEYARDS "KEEP DOWN THE COST" Recently the Poverty Bay provincitl executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union decided to make the following requests to the Poverty Bay Stockbrokers' Association: (1) That improved facilities be made for parking cars; (2) subsidise a car to meet the trains at Makaraka on sale days; (.'.() provision of better accommodation in the cattle yards. The following reply was read at Saturday's meeting of the union executive:—

"(1) Rc parking of cars: The association drew attention some time ago through the sale columns of the papers to the necessity for farmers and others to park their cars nose in to the sides of the road, but little heed was taken of this. The association is now asking the Cook County Council to idean out the channels at the side of the road, and, if this is done, to permit its traffic inspector to spend a sale day at the yards in directing rar owners where and how to park their cars.

"(2) The Association does not consider the present traffic for the train warrants it in subsidising a conveyance, but it. is prepared to arrange for clients to lie met at the train, if they would notify the secretary or individual firms of their intention to attend the sale. "(3) Will your union kindly state definitely in what direction it desires better accommodation for the public at the cattle yards? At the same time, will the union keep in view its own expressed wish that, the cost of doing business is kept down to a minimum I" Mr. Benson suggested that a fence could be taken down and erected further back from the road in order to five more room on the road for parknig cars. . The letter was received.