CAUSEWAY SCHEME.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 543, 27 August 1932, Page 15

CAUSEWAY SCHEME.

Heathcote Council Unable to Help. HAS NOT THE MONEY. If construction of the M'Corjnack’s Bay causeway is proceeded with, little financial help can be expected from the a Heathcote County Council. The F county chairman, Mr H. C. FJavell, explained at the meeting of the coun- Ii cil last evening that while the council j was not opposed to the proposal, the finances of the county made it impossible to help. 1 Mr A. G. Williams, in whose riding the causeway would be, said that at a meeting of ratepayers in his riding, the I< proposal was turned down. It would b a very serious thing for the ridingThey did, however, favour aycauseway on the outside of the tramway- This G road would fit in with the road by the g soapworks, and the road at Redcliffs Mr Flavell said that it would be unwise to put a sprag in the wheels of the scheme, but it should be made clear G that Heathcote could not contribute. s Mr F. W. Freeman said that the county must not take up too parochial an attitude on the question of unemployment. The Metropolitan Technical Committee had almost wilted away. R It had suggested major schemes. In North Canterbury £250.000 to £300.000 w was being spent annually on unemploy- m ed relief, and with nothing to show for it. The causeway was an opportunity to reduce the distance of the m city from the sea by twenty-two chains. It was finally decided that the mat- B ter should be deferred for a fortnight, (j , - T