AHAURA AND ARNOLD ROAD.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1167, 25 April 1872, Page 2

AHAURA AND ARNOLD ROAD.

-f, (TO THE EDITOR.) -Sir;— Would yon be kind enough to insert the following few remarks in the columns of your, journal, hoping that they might be the means of doing a^fayor to ; ■ tlibse i -p^Mons- wh*o^re"no \v "-living on low lying ground .and holding, agricultural leases,' hoping : tliat the lorig-promised r road^rom the Arijpld to the Ahauwwould 'iredeem~th*em from ]all T;he mconvenience they now suffer! from (being compelled to live in a state of terror at every shower of rain). 1 am r ,irifbrmed on very good authotity .tha^the^piregent Bnrvey of the road for r^tij|H.ieri(lers have been called is to run iri 4 a greaTlßaany places in lower /ground thanl the . pVeserit old trac^; arid more especially at the Xll-milpf where people 'suffered' so ----..ninch .* lately.;* from " flbods, riot -speaking -of "growing 'crops, which mo; 'doubt is -a very heavy loss to thpse.;who depend onrthem ]fpr their support ; but pigs, pouttry,.. goods, ; &c.J." , cajLtle, and^horseSj ..all' have been saved if the homestead .of.the .man they belonged to, was on.high.proundi for the cat*le ( all'.wiU come to:.j^iere-"they i ,gire in the habit of being fe,d and skqled, "and as •cattle are : the only things that on such low-lying ground if the matt^ho is so situated ,canript live. ,on high ..ground, he> \vill lose more cattle ; every :yeav than his profit will- Diiy. {.Therefore,.! woulc[ suggest that the ■> Government, will ; take all ■; these thmgs.into consideratip-ajbefore it-is... io.o latej.or ; .else their act-'might-.be the means of-' breaking, up,inariya : comfortable home, and compelling; its to go elsewhere for that care on the Government part to aßsisttather than 5 retard the of , settlement; that; is now going on in t^e Grey Valiey. I will once more remark that before the Government sur* yeys thejproppsed new. road Jhey should, if possible, 'make it oji: gtoun.d sufficiently high to be above the level- of all floods . wh\ichr ;have;\as yyet visaed sthe j :Grey Yalley,^before .putting/people tp the great expense of removing their houses. 'k-rsi.-^y "•.-•■' lam^&c; r - V :, ■/' -- :: f2 ■ O ' ; .!., :( ; r:> : i;? ;,:i; ;^:,:;vi; s A;:.SEmEß.'