THE HUTT ROAD.
If evidtemoe were wanted of the extraivagance attending thie performance "of ipublic works by the Government of thie day, it is. to be found in tihat elaborate and oositly undertakinig known as the Hiurtlt road. The local bodies round about Wellington are being saddled with a burdfen (f isomeitibing like £IOO,OOO for a.work wfoidhj, though urgently required, might reasonably have been performed on a lip©s. pretentious iscale by the local authorities for. albout one-fifth the cost. The whole business ihias been, a lnuge bungle from start to finish, and money (lias been lavished in tlue Hiufct district wlhidh might Well .have been employed in other dliirec'tions. If it persists iin imposing a crashing burden upon the ltoaal bodies around Wellington, the Government will have a big question to answer at the corning elections.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 4
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136THE HUTT ROAD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 4
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