MOTORISTS & ROAD UPKEEP
e } MINISTER INTERVIEWED. (8y Mejrrsilili.-rSpecial OofrespondonU „! ~ ■'■ Napier, May .3. I- Several months'ago tho Nw Zealand d Antrotjobile Union expressed its ffilfegII noss to consent to a tax for the ntain- '- tenanto of arterial reads, as t.hfi mem- ? > fasti realised that some provision would ** have to bo lMftdo to hieofc the increased wear- aiid toar on the wads due to motor traction, and to wsal;c t.hss.o thoroughfares lftoro suitable for modern modes - of travelling. This monvinn; Mr, P, S. t M'Lrait, president o[ the N.J5.A.A., in- '- formally ilisciissetl the Question at 0 Napier" With the Minis-tor of Piiblie •> Works (the Hon. W. Frasor), pointing onr, that the union had itself volmiteored to sulmiit' to a ta\ tm niotorists for tho imprflvehient nud maintotinnce of f ~ the rontls in onestion. J; Tlie Minister, after carefnl'lr colisiderI, iiig tl'.o position, suggosted that after '* Pai-liaweiit meets, representatives of tho X.Z.A.A. .slvoiikl wait on himself ,F, niid olirct Ministers snUnTE'cdf for the pus-pnve of rliscvistiiig' i!us and other ■-J.motoiriug matters..
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 7
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168MOTORISTS & ROAD UPKEEP Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 7
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