HIGHWAYS’ RESOURCES
BENEFITS OF PETROL TAX COUNTIES CONFERENCE OPENS Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. The Counties Conference opened today, Mr. A. E. Jull presiding. In his opening address Air. Jull dealt extensively with the increased resources of the Main Highways Board a result of the petrol tax and the policy being adopted. He also referred to the manner in which towns were recognising the advantages accruing from road improvements, and mentioned the help being extended to counties by Wanganui, Nelson and Rotorua. The speaker criticised the method of distribution of heavy traffic fees and suggested that the conference should set up a committee to act with some of the executive in going into the question. He also suggested the setting up of a committee to consider what alterations might be advntageously made in the functions of District Highways Councils that a greater use might be made of them in highway administration.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 408, 17 July 1928, Page 13
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150HIGHWAYS’ RESOURCES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 408, 17 July 1928, Page 13
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