THE COUNTIES CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 153, 23 July 1901, Page 2

THE COUNTIES CONFERENCE.

j DEPUTATION TO THB FRBHOCR. j| PE! PBESg ABBOCI4.TIO*. 1 \V KLLINQTOH, July ft). j A deputit'ion, comprising eevanl M m mbera from the Counties 0. nf«r*Mf, il I interna* ed the P ensier, and presented -» him wit.li a copy of the rtsolution* 1 arrived at by the oonfe-enoe. It ma explained that the chief racotnmmdatioDa of the Conference weie in refufl< to franchise, finance, ro«d districts, s, at.d the question of rating native lauds, *nd a hope was expressed fl at dun wi> lit would be given to th» 1 recommendations of the Ooofrrenoe, * which had be n thoroughly reppaantft- I ' ive. S me of the epeik"ri aaid that the Conference was i<en#r*lly natfcfafl ; withthn Bill *s in tied need ; buttkey hoped the roa3 boards would not b« wiped out where th»y were working amicably with county councils. Tbf i.:® I Premier thanked the nn«iwt«j»Tf the Confereocs for the mosidantio* '9 thoy had given the matron. TJiai#"J| had. he rocoenfoad, bean a duporftioqK to overcome difficulties, and the raoon* -3 mendatioiig would teoeive the faiwrt■ M consideration at the haeds of the G^'lll vernmeot. He did not think the frwil-'' J cbise proposals in the Bill weretae for in advance of public opinion. H»gard* flL<j ing road board* he w«s not in favour of removing the machinery whan I%',M was working well. Turning to flaaaMyl9 he promised tba f . Parliament, wheraWtjjl couM be fafe'y don*, woulJ prefer tha|tf|jS loc<l bodies should o»i ry out works. He slso thought lhw« ilmillM be rome classification of native land farUS ra'icg purpotea. lljjj