A GRIEVANCE.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 268, 11 February 1879, Page 2

A GRIEVANCE.

To the Editor of the Akaroa Mail.

; Sir,—l beg to state to you what I, amongst others, consider a grievance, and an injustice, and I ask you through the medium of your valuable paper to give this letter a space in your columns. I wish to know if it be within the powers of the Road Board to take such steps to remedy the evil by any means. The case is. this—On the road between : Little ■ Akaloa and Okain's Bay, close to the river, there are two houses, one of which is occupied by Mr Wilson,, and the other by Captain Martin. These are built withih the boundary allowed to the highway, and, although at low water the. roadt is clear, still at high water they are so placed that they divert or turn aside the course of the'tide so that it is completely impassable either on horseback or foot, and consequently men engaged in driving _ mob of sheep or cattle cannot pass, and are absolutely compelled to wait, very often under a burning sun, and no shelter near, • for at least a space of three hours,until the. tide ebbs so far as to allow them.' 1 This detention, whether for business or .otherwise, is serious, as it may be a great loss, not only in money, but in time. What I, and others who are constantly using that road, want is, that the Road Board should take such steps for removing these houses, or compelling the owners to have the same removed so that we can have a good "arid safe road to travel 6-_r_t--.aU times, or else to provide us with another road, equally convenient for all, as. I consider that we are all entitled to good*roads when; we pay for the same. Your insertion of this letter will oblige, and apoligising for- troubling you so far, I am, Sir, yours,. &c,

W. KIRK.

[We insert our correspondent's letter in ignorance of the facts of which he speaks, but we consider the better, way to- proceed to have the alleged grievance rectified, would have been to apply to the Road Board. If that body refused to act, then thepubliccouldbe appealed to through the Press.—Ed, A. M.] •

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