The Chronicle LEVIN: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916. THE TRIG STATION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916. THE TRIG STATION.

~t A suggestion j>iit forward liy Mr. > H. B. France, in yesterday's Chronicle,. ; worthy oi lavoraMe consideration. .Mr. France advocates the making of a i ;>;.;ili!y lco •<! road from tlie Levin i "111 lis to .Mount Dnndas. In the <■ nr-r- i i the next month or two a '■ove irnviu Survey Department <ian.tr w ; II niakinsi clearance of the exist- '! 1 ai-track. to tlie end that a now nig station may he sot up on Mount nu:i,!a.s. Tlie carrying out of this work will afford local resident* an opportunity to have the track put into order for foot traffics, by which nicaiii> a good deal might ho done to encourage the in gross of tourists to Levin during; the holidays: in fact, at I varoiis suitable tinier of the year. A prooi that thi.s is a likelv contingency ■k afforded hv tlie experience of Otaki which town not infrequently receives visitors hent 011 crossing the Rimutakas hy way of the track beyond Otaki. In regard to pcenery attractions, the trrcl; across tlie mountain* via Mount Dundas would have 110 rival in this county: and, in any case, the more I act of there being an optional track ncirps the dividing ranges would induce ninny mountaineers to make alternating trips via Otaki and via Levin. There is excellent hiiish scenery 011 l/iiih routes, and the topojiraphical features from the summit of the ran2o are impressive. 11l the interests of the whole district some move should he mad." to have the 'Mount track made more ea.sv than at present, and and to have two shelter huts erected at .suitable spots 011 the May. to the end that this possible source of good ■iclvertVenient for Levin and district may lie -liven facilities for approach. 1 The matter is 0110 in which the local 1 bodies fitly might give a load. 1