MOUNTAIN AFFAIRS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 28, 30 January 1929, Page 4

MOUNTAIN AFFAIRS

METALHING THE KOAD. MEETING OP EAST COMMITTEE. Out o£ the £3OO Government subsidy 11171 yards o£ metal have been put down ton the road to the Eas;u Egmont House, reported the chair- ".,. i r Robins, at a meeting man, ivir J. o. iwumo, ut tae East Oommitiee of the Fan?; jjoarcl last night. The first 2o chains inside the reserve gates would need only a little top-uressmg to make a nrst-class road tior that distance, while on tae remaining part of the road on winch metal had been put down a solid foundation had been established. In reporting on the excursion from Wellington the chairman said that as far Vs the committee was concerned the result was entirely satisfactory. Altogether 300 people had visited the house, and the tourists had expressed satisfaction at the way in which their interests had been looked alter. TOLL CHARGES.

The South Committee advised that as it had lixed its toll charges for fh e season it ctttild nob consider tHe Bast Committee's suggestion to institute season concession tickets admitting a car and driver at) a cheap-

er rate. The delegates to the Park Board will bring the question up at the next Board meeting and will endeavour to obtain permission for the East Committee to issue concession tickets for motorists on the eastern side of the mountain. Mr 15 11. Homer, author Of the -Guide and Road" map of Mtt Bgmont. is to he written to pointing out that the information regarding the Stratford house is out Krf datte asking him if he would insert up-to-date inset information m any , copies of the map he 'has yet to sell The committee would pay for the cost' of printing the insets, . ,