EGMONT NATIONAL PARK BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 105, 24 April 1908, Page 3

EGMONT NATIONAL PARK BOARD.

Lite Kgmont National I'ark Board met yesterday. There iwre present: Jr. £simp»uri ic'oianji>siouvr of Lro\ur lands) iflW'iidiug, ». l'ercy Smith. I. Oood.->ou. k\ W. \tilkie, U. \V. Marilianl. W. A. Collie ami •(. It. UiU. Apologia uitv received iiviii Mc>sr» 11. Dingle and \V. I*. Kirkuood. i he appointment yf Mr. A. K. tftand-i-h to the North (Jonmiittre ami .Mr. li. Nuttal to the West Committee were confirmed. Mi. ttilkie reported that motor car traflie oil the road to the i-all> llou.-r constituted a danger to Die public. The j tracks were narrow, and sometime* perilously tjo-r to steep hanks, and it could i-.i-ily !<■ imagined that it' a iivt-horso drag met a motor-tar in one of the dangerous pia<v> it- would be fraught with danger. it had al>o to bo i-.tii=idrred that many ot the vehiclestaken to the Mountain House were driven by ladies. He would like to see the motor car-i tlierv, tvr thev were the coming method of getting to the.-e. places, but the public hau to be considered.

Air. Goodson said In* would be sorrv to (prohibit motor cars, lie thought the installation of a telephone system l>etweeu the house and the gate would enable motorics to ascertain when the road was clear. Mr. IN rev Smith -ail tint it would be to Restrict tlie motor car traftie, for it was increasing every day. X,* doubt if the motor "bus system were a success in New Plymouth, those ve-' hides would be running trip- to the mountain. Mr. Colli* '•aid that one stable-keeper I had decided to keep hi» teams out of th..» reseiVe- when motor caw started to use the track. Air. Collis pointed out that the Board had power to restrict or regulate the traffic, say, by living hours. Mr. Wilkie said trallic of all kinds was increasing with the popularity of the mountain re*>ort ? and a fresh set of regulation* for the tracks, houses, and conveniences was urgently required. Air. Smith supported the idea. The regulation* were framed when conditions J weiv totally different to those obtaining in'W. He a >}H»cial mmmiit»v to iiivt'-tigatr and draft fre*lr rule.-. 1 Air. Ooodson suggested that tin* Hoard should in some way limit the number of passengers allowed to be carried in one vehicle, for e&cesnve loads were cutting up the tracks. Kventuallv it was decided that Ales»rs Simpson, Smith, Wilkic, and Collin should form a committee to ) make enquiries and to suggest rules for bating motor car and other trallic. v ei'iidii I and upkeep of the various hirines. and to endeavor to arrange uniform rates of charge. The chairman* was emjxwened to convene a meeting l of the Board to consider the committee's re] toil. The committee appointed to enquire into the application of Mr. (I. A. Adlanr for variation of the terms of his lease rejn>rted that as the land was leased atan exceptionally low rental the commit' tee wa> surpri-ed that the application should have Wn made. They recommended that the bu*h >hould not be interfered with, and that the application !*• not entertained.