KING COUNTRY SETTLEMENT.
.'■ '. VIGOROUs'gROWTH. Speaking to a Dominion reporter on Saturday, Mr. Jennings, M.P. for Taumarunui, referred,, to the vigorous growth of-settlement in the King Country.- Ho instanced Te Kuiti and Taumarunui in particular. "Four years ago ho said the postal business at Te. Kuiti required the "services of a'postmistress only. To-day, in addition to the officer in charge, there were eight assistants. Then, again, eight'years'ago Te Kmti was served with a train from Auckland only three times a week. Only recently ten trains had passed, through tho-sta-tion in' one day. As regards Taumarunui, added Mr. Jennings, the growth of settlement was also tremendous. Not long ago Te Kuiti was formed into aborough, and now Taumarunui was taking a similar step. ' ' .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 883, 1 August 1910, Page 6
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121KING COUNTRY SETTLEMENT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 883, 1 August 1910, Page 6
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