The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. PASSING NOTES.
THE HOLE IN LAVAUD STBEBT.
We suppose every one in Akaroa knows that at the north end of Lavaud street, near Mr Waeckerle's, the creek has swept away a part oi the road just where the borough joins the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board District. What every one does not know, however, is, when this nasty hole will be mended, and any information on that point will, we are sure, be most useful to the public.
That it is an eyesore to the Borough must be granted, but if that were all the matter might be allowed to rest for a time, but it is far worse than that—it is positively dangerous. It is true that a very dim illumination on the other side oi the hole marks its locality to the initiated, but there is no protection whatever round it, and the unwary stranger driving into town on one of these dark moonless nights might find the off wheel of his buggy seeking a far lower level than is consistent with either comfort or safety.
There is no doubt whatever that both the Borough Council and the Road Board do their very best with the limited funds at their disposal, and that they have had a hud struggle this winter, owing to the unusual number of slips that have occurred ; but we woul I point out that if an accident did occur
It would probably be a far more expensive matter than making the place safe at once, and that after all the road would Lave to be mended, so an effort might just as well be made immediately. We hear that it is just outside the Borough, but at any rate it is part of the main street, and every one coming to or going fiom Akaroa towards the most thickly populated bays, or to Ohristchurch, has to pass it. We sincerely hope, therefore, that something will be done at once, and feel sure it will, for we have every confidence in ihe rulers placed over us, and know they will spare no possible pains in the interests of the communities they represent.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 543, 27 September 1881, Page 2
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363The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. PASSING NOTES. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 543, 27 September 1881, Page 2
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