MAIN HIGHWAYS
MAINTENANCE IN BOROUGHS (Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON) this day. i The Minister of Public Works, replying on the second reading of the Motor Spirit Taxation Bill, which was agreed to without division, dealt with the position of. small boroughs with populations of under 6000. Several meuYliers liad shewn anxiety on this point, and the Minister assured them that the Highways Board, under the new regime, would- carry the mam highway through these boroughs as if there was no borough in existence. The Hon. D. Buddo:- Will they get the same share as tlie bounties 1 - - Mr. Williams: Yes.. Exactly the same. If the road is. not in order/ it will be put in order. Mr. W. J. Girling: Will they tar SCtll f Mr Williams: It will depend on the necessity and the locality. The road will be maintained to the same width as a county road.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16493, 10 November 1927, Page 7
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148MAIN HIGHWAYS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16493, 10 November 1927, Page 7
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