REDUCED TRAFFIC

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1940, Page 9

REDUCED TRAFFIC

SOUTH PARK COMMITTEE • The falling off in motor traffic to Mount Egmont was the chief subject of discussion at a meeting of the South Committee of the Egmont National Park Board yesterday. Petrol restrictions, together with the mildest of winters, had caused a definite decline in the receipts of the committee. A comparative statement of park fees collected in July for the past four years, and for the whole of those four years was submitted as follows: — 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 July £42 12 6 63 4 0 73 9 0 19 11 6 AprilJuly £157 8 0 248 5 6 290 8 6 199 5 6 The distribution of receipts for the four months from April 1 to July 31, 1940, was: Park, £44 16s; camp house, £15 10s; ' motors, £37 16s 6d. and Syme Hut, £i 3s. The weather had been so mild, and there had been so little traffic on the road, the secretary, Mr. L. O. Hooker reported, that the snow plough had not been in use. It was decided that heating equipment should be installed under the generating plant, as the lack of ' electricity when the plant was out of I action for two or three weeks had been attributed to dampness.