CLOSING OF A ROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 7

CLOSING OF A ROAD.

■. :■•■ iijt;. con iffspo.ypsp,) .; , ,;;i;i; January :10.-, in ;'RjocarJon;' ; distriot. wer/tho ciofeiiig :of i a road .crpßsi'ug; thevn|ilway;liue by tho'llailwa'y Dop.artnidntj^'hornayo-made iv (Jo'viatiqji fpr: the• ! :bKhbfit:-}pf,\thb..public, wliicU: is ; ndf re» giirded/wjth'muoh.favour by some?pf-those ■who ueo'iiK-t'Tp.-clay: thoTrimo .Minister was ■ frpni'-'.tJiQ.idis* trifat;'ifjj-prdtrpsii' a'gaiust 4 tho closing of the: -r6ad,'',ana:- he'.vopiisojited • to. fjp .out 'to i;the.. : Dppt.-tlns' afternpon; .nnd'.Bee tar- Eiinsclf:the, ■ otfecfe:;of■':;tha'..bliango.'. After inepooiing 'tho" sitejythe■^rinio: : Jliriister.said that.ho .would .ask; ihoj'.'Ministw;■ fqr -Bailways to speoially Ipblt ( .jji tpj-ijhe ' matter.'.. He did not Jmow '■ the reaßori-for tno''pepartmenfc , clpßUig-the';road, ■butr.therejraust" have-been some reason.■'■that loaSthwm to go:ip■ the'expense of, tho devi'atipnrof HheVioad.' ;Ho would, asoortain;if that rcasqu<.fprmed'. ; or*Jns'iperab!e' barrier; t<) the .'propppal , -of ;thß. Reputation, ■;■'■ ~1>:. '■'-■; . - :;TJie \)£ having a track made along : the..railway- lij)o ItP'ithe civer.rbridg?* : at .'the 'Aldington i'Station'-ffor;r r ; the-'conyenienee. of 'paseengersjiyas/also.brought.imder the Prime■ M'inister.'sriiibtice/land.- he-'undertook ..to Bee what "c'oultl'lbo ■■'done in the matter.' > ■ ,''.-' v :TlietPrime -Minister 'addresßed 'the crpwd, .and:said iii-nases Jiko the presentut.wiis "uieful'tp;th'ofee'iadministering affairs to'visit thoiapeno-of'thp;trouble.'' Aithoogh; not-in. a ppsitipn' 'at;the .nioment to-oppress a,definite opinion 1 ypnjAthp'' iriatter-.iji appeared-to.-; hjin lnot'.tiie : ti'publp.arps^;from tlie.situatiQn.;;of. j the';EighaWp?i.and he,intended to aE6ertasft \yhy it ■' hac|i ; '9P,?n,- placpd -in .that. partipular [ Bpoti-^/rho' l -Go'vernmcnt'ivpre: an'xip'iig- to 'giye, t|i"e 'people ; -i3voV,v" : .fccjiity- in Reason, iHe, ih- ■. 'mattpr - before'-tne jjinwKr iisa prn'otioo 1 -man, would ,, look Into it thorpttghly. : iTlibiJgh.they had- : to,.pa3> ■&;gq'pd"'de'al;:pfv^^ \Vero ; :eugafjod; : to: advise; the: Department, on enginqeriiißi.'.ivinitere, .ospeoially, where' they advised .the safety'of. trayclfer^ ! ii^ir.irnin had : sufficient fn';"£encral and Sufficient coipnion'iQnso/to-fciiscuss suchmatters intel-.ligb'fttlyV-V';"i';.::A-.-:,^J.r/-.--.-,. ■„'■;■:;/v.:;' ..,,■■