NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1359, 6 December 1872, Page 2

NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

(from our Jow correspondent.) December 4. ■ The requirements of this district are so many that it is difficult to point out which is' the niost' important and ought to be attended to first. However, as the majority always decide a question, there can, be little doubt that the road from Marsden to Clifton is of paramount importance, as by it all provisions have to be taken to the various diggings up the New River. The neglect that has been sho^n to it, and the state that it is now in, have already been made manifest, yet the question still remains, t( What is to be done wilh it ?" It must be repaired. The difference between doing so and converting it into a dray road would not be very great. Instead, however, of taking it to Clifton, it might diverge at the Niagara, and go direct to Maori Creek township, where it would join the track to German Gully, for as soon as this is completed, Clifton as a township will become non cst. • From the Niagara to Maori Creek there is already a horse track, for which there is protection, and it will be necessary, whatever may be done, to give compensation and throw it opeu to the public. This is imperative and must be attended to. The expense of buying this track and making one public main road from Marsdea to Maori Creek would be considerably less than repairing it to Clifton, which would still have to be continued to Maori Creek. To get to this place at- the present the unfortuuate equestrian baa first to pay the regular toll to the County, and also another for going^

a short distance on a private road. The Council must reotify this, for it is absurd to suppose such a state of things can be allowed to continue. During the last sitting of the County Council it was decided that a track should be made from Marsden to Cockeye and Cariboo, but up to the present nothing further hat» been done in the matter. The want of funds cannot be urged as an excuse, for it was provided that payment Bhould be made in land ; if such had been the case there might have been some reason why tho surveys have not eVen been proceeded with. This track is of the greatest importance ; it would not only benefit the present population, but tend greatly to augment it and open up more ground. A road from Marsden to the Limestone is another imperative necessity, for although it is only about one and a quarter miles distant, there is no public thoroughfare available for horses. Up to the present packers have been allowed to go through private ground, but the track has now become almost impassable. It is very imperative that something should be done as soon as the Council meets to provide access to this part of the country, which will support a good population for some years if only a road is provided to enable them to get their provisions conveyed .reasonably. The question is now often asked when will steps be token to have the ground that has been reserved for a cemetery fenced in and prepared for what it is intended ? Other places of inferior note to Marsden have had this done — at least S revision made for doing so— by the ounty Council, and the time has arrived when the same must be done for the cemetery at Marsden.