LOCAL BODY FINANCE.
Ond* of the most important reconimettdations made by the conference which sat in Wellington this week was fcha provision of "a system of increased "tniibigiidies upon some definite. A .!pri«c*f pie." , The tendency in recent years ,4*9 ibeen to'4^uce!y:the i *%b#*aies, ond ."to ity ,'^'...raiaiatairiiinig:'. ; th©|': :6ridgesCof the xioTintry' entirely upon ratepayers. It needs no argument to show that such a .policy is entirely unfair. The roads and bridges are used iby a!l sections of the community, and they are just as essential ito the development of the country as aire: .the railways. Proba■Bs'',ii the Gevkhmeht to pay, the.'local bodies-rtfae entice cost of: mam taming (main arterial roads, and i were, to subsidise the upkeep of other rwould-lbedbing ['like, justice to itself and the country:^
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10643, 25 May 1912, Page 4
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128LOCAL BODY FINANCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10643, 25 May 1912, Page 4
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