ROAD CONSTRUCTION
CONSIDERED BY LOCAL BODIES' DELEGATES. By Telegraph—Press Astnetatlon.' Woodville, March 20. A conference of delegates of county hnd borough councils, at the instance .of the Woodville County Council, was held to-day to consider the question of concrete' roads, the delegates represent™;; Waipawa, Waipukurau, Patangata, Akitio, Rangitikei, Eketahuna, Dannovirke, and Pnhiatua, Councillor* Macfnrlane and Gildea represented Woodviile Connty Council, and the Mayor and Councilor Pickford the Borough Council. Councillor Macfnrinne occupied the chair. Letters were read from those who Und given attention to the subject. A general discussion followed, the consensus of opinion being that concrete roads were beyond the means of local bodies, and that some cheaper method of road construction should be considered.
' It was resolved: "Thnt this meeting urges a joint special conference of counties and municinnl associations for the purpose of considering the best methods of making and financing ronds, each local body represented to request their association to arrange for a conference at Wellington during the early sitting of tli" next Parliament.
The engineers on the delegation also resolved: "The pre?e"t delegates Tefer the principle of the Victoria system of joint Stato and locM control to the Counties Association.' ,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 156, 27 March 1919, Page 6
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195ROAD CONSTRUCTION Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 156, 27 March 1919, Page 6
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