TAHUNA ROAD LOAN.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5503, 20 November 1929, Page 3

TAHUNA ROAD LOAN.

PIAKO COUNCIL QUESTIONED. INFORMATION ALREADY GIVEN. At the last meeting of the Piako County Council a lettei 1 was received from Mr F. W. Page, of Tahuna, stating that from time to time the council had supplied him with information in regard to the Tahuna road loan. The information had been more or less clear, but in order to get to the bottom of the matter there were further details required. A loan of £2OOO was lifted by the council in May, 1921, and a subsidy of £2500 was paid out by the Public Works Department in two sums of £lOOO and £l5OO respectively. The fullest information regarding the expenditure of the total sum of £4500' ■was asked for, also the date of each item of expenditure and the person to whom it was paid, in such a way that the whole amount was accounted for.

The clerk said he had replied that figures had been supplied to Mr Page in the past which should thoroughly satisfy him concerning the expenditure on the Tahuna road. It had been pointed out that the ground, had been gone over thoroughly so many times, and that all that was revealed was that'the road had had more than its share of expenditure out of the county fund. The chairman said that the council wished to give all information to ratepayers concerning loans, but in this instance all available information had been handed on. He moved that the matter be now closed. Cr. Kennedy : Is he concerned in the loan ? The Chairman : Yes. The Clerk : We have given him all the information we can. The chairman’s motion was carried.