The Local Government Question. [BY TELEGRAPH, PRESS ASSOCIATION .] Wellington, Last Night.
A conference of the delegates from local bodies resumed it 3 {fittings to-day. Only ten members were present. The following resolutions moved by Mr MeArthur, were carried':— (lj) " That the conference is 'of opinion that the position of local bodies throughout New Zealand ia buoq that 'they cannot satisfactorily 1 fulfil the object for which they were established, unless some legislation takes place, which will put them in a better financial position. (2.) That by the withdrawal of the subsidies' and; land fund without any substitute for the assistance so withdrawn from local .bodies, the effective settlement of the country districts of New Zealand, and thereby the whole colony has been regarded, , (3.) That it is an imperative neqeasity to provide out of the proceeds, of the sale of block of, Crown lands, a fund sufficient to complete roads within, suoh blocks within a reasonable i time.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1395, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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158The Local Government Question. [BY TELEGRAPH, PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1395, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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