MAIN HIGHWAYS.
TO TBI XMTOS OT "tn HS*. 1 * Sir,—l see in ft recent issue of A North Island journal that tta ataia Highways Board has spent during the financial year ending Marejt, 1&25. Of this sum £189,700 «n »s«* da North Island roads, sad th* nstagr* amount of £37,500, or apfnwtinattfy one-fifth, in tho Sooth Island, Sqendhf ire'are entitled to look for tettac efforts 'from our representatives* est tfca Main Highways Board.' They aaaaH not bo bo weak aa to let the £tar& Islanders over-ride them, at any- rate, to ibis extent. If by any chases they think our main roads are ia even. £ur order, let them drive oa the North road, if only as far as White 1 * bridge* and they will have a bumpy and exceedingly uncomfortable half-hear, ia spite of the latest in springing ami balloon tyres.—Yours, etc:, POT-HOLE. June 9th, 1925.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18404, 10 June 1925, Page 9
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147MAIN HIGHWAYS. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18404, 10 June 1925, Page 9
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