WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1432, 6 May 1912, Page 2

WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

(By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) Wanganui, May 5. Word has been received that the cunpleiion of Hip Paraparn Koad is to l;o pat in hand shortly, ami that the. work will be finished about the end of the year. This will be a groat boon to the settlers on the road, especially at tlio liaetihi end, who have endured many hardships through the failure of the previous Government to keep repeated promises to complete this important, arterial highway to the interior, Tlio annual meeting of (he Harbour Board was livid last evening, Tlio town and country members of the board have chosen 31"es?rs. .Alfred Burnett ami A. (J. Jlanningron to represent their iespective interests on the lioyal Commission lo dea'n.i the proposed rating inva under the Harbour Board Kmpoivain? i Hill. Thcso two will select a third, end Hie Government will be iislrril lo npiMiiit the three as the commission, and to jet the latter up assnon as possible. Eoch of tlio noniinics lios both town and country interests, and Hie choice, is generally regarded as this best that could be made, anil likely to give confidence to all parties in the dispute, which ib over tho noumluries of the rating area. The proposals of .Mr. W. J. Poison, chairman of i lie Wanganui County Council, to forthwith abolish road boards in tho country and brinsr the whole ef the latter under tho direct iurisdicti.m of the council, were brought to a head tit the monthly meeting of that body yaslerday. Tho proposals have been the different bodies concerned for some time, and have been generally approved, such opposition as has been manifested Lcuig small. Yesterday, after a full discussion, tho chairman's motion wns carried by tho council by five votes to two, and the six small bod'ies which havo hitherto cat up most of the administration between them will soon cease to exist. Tho mult should make for far greater economy mid efficiency in Hie affairs of the c.unty, and it is hoped that tho reproach of bad government which has long been cast at tho Wnngnnui county will now become a thing of tho past.