Riverside Road.
(To tho Editor of the Times.)
Sib,—Mr Moate appeals to the Whataupoko Hoad Board to do its duty to the above road. What’s the use? They can’t afford to spend money on a road where votes are so few (though the rates are heavy enough); all the funds are required to make and keep in repair roads and footpaths adjacent to the members’ own properties. The .unfortunate accident to Mrs Simeon i 3 not the only one that has happened lately. A fortnight ago a dog-cart with three occupants was capsized ; fortunately the parties escaped without serions injury. Sir, do you think it right for the Board to spend so much on footpaths when parts of the district are absolutely without roads? Two members of the Board were to pav me a visit on business three week; ago—they have not shown up yet. I am informed they made an attempt to reach mv place, but failed to get through. Perhaps they will try again “when” the repairs are finished. A' while back a great cry was made about fencing the road : our Board's Chairman said it would be better to spend the money on metal, to which we all agreed. I presume it was so spent. W e got neither fence nor metal. —I am, etc., Jas. M. Arundel.
(To the Editor of the Times.)
Sir.— lf the Whataupoko Hoad Board does not immediately take steps to cause the Riverside road to be put into a fit state for traffic, it is to be feared that another and yet more serious accident than that which happened to Mrs Simeon on Tuesday last will ensue. The road is full of dangerous holes, and my trap was nearly capsized yesterdav through one of the wheels sliding into a rat. The ratepayers should unite and insist on the road being at once put into proper order. —I am, etc., J. R. C. Parker. Whataupoko, Sept. 12.
To the Editor of the Times. Sir. —To-night I saw a man riding out Whataupoko way, and making use of a bulls-eye lantern to light up the roadway. The rider, I have no doubt, was going by way of Riverside road, and perhaps the life' insueance company had insisted on him travelling in the novel fashion that he did. He is a wise man who carries a lantern, even when riding, if he has to go via Riverside. —I am, etc., Bull’s-Eye. September 12th,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 212, 13 September 1901, Page 3
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