AWAKINO.
At a public meeting of settlers held at Awakino on September 3 it _ was resolved to bring under the notice of the - Minister' for Public Works. the matter ,of bridging the Mohiau .Giver.; It, was stated at the meeting that .the • present j method of ,'crossittg the riVer,; by means of < a punt is dangerous,' and. a-'deterrentr to: i the advancement of the 1 whole district, i L'his fact (it was stated) ;has been recog- i nised' bv successive Ministers of Public. ■< Works and by the late Mr. Seddon, with -J the result that a-distinct. promise was I made by the latter many years ago that I
the bridge should be-built, within : two years. Later, Mr. Jennings stated ,at ' his meeting, here, just prior to. the pen-' : ..' oral, election of 1908, {'that he" had^,the .authority of the then Minister for Publie Wo?ks ■" for saying that the bridge ■ - would be built."within eighteen months. Tho resolution read: —"Considering the ■ importance of - the bridge .to the. whole , . ■.: i.isitrict and- the fact that it: is on the main road- connecting Taranaki: . with. 1 Auckland, this meeting prays that theso promises will be carried out, .and thus." supply a. most urgent /need to the: (lis- : trict." -./ .'• . ; .-. '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 2
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