North Island Roads.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1922, Page 4

North Island Roads.

LORD JfiLLICOJC’ft EXi’ERIENCKH | .. AUCKLAND Jlny 2!>

'('lie need for an improvement in tin’ main roads of •Um North l;-!niul ami nl Aimi.l-ml province in pariieuiar ‘■ nidenlly Inul linen profoundly impressed upon' the nhservuiit mind id' the flovei noi’-t'enei'ii 1. The subject was introduced by him an original and humoruus manner while he was speaking in jocular vein nlj the korero of the Auekjjiiid Savage Clnh on Saturday evening. J 1 is fixt elienc.v who is a meinher of the Wellington. Savage Club had just been received into membership of the Auckj land hapu with all the appropriate and time-honoured rites and ceremonies. lie extended fraternal greetings from the WeMingon Savages, and remarked that ill order to reach his fellow savages of this “far Northern tribe nf savages,’’ | it had been necessary to travel a long , distance from his home among the savages in Wellington, “f need hardly say to those who are used to travelling bv road from Wellington to Auckland.’ ! said Lord Jellicoe. in' a speech that convidsed the liapu with laughter, “that tliis feat, is no easy matter. (Laughter'). When 1 got ii slan t distance out from Wellington, I found the road to be full of deep holes and trenches, which evidently had been dug by savages -us a protection against incursions t.v hostile tribes. -Vs my travels proceeded northward t found that other porions of tlie road also abounded in similar holes and trenches, somewhat deeper limn pre\ ions ones. I i-miLl only imagine that they had been placed there as a measure of defence, (I.augliter). When I got nearer to Auckland, il is mil necessary to toil you. f found the holes were deeper than ever. (Loud laughter). I cmigratiilal e the Savages of Auckland on their defences. ”

IT is KxcHlency narrated some of hU experiences in "•noLr.nt iutinu those “defences*’ i?lid remarked that. it was with the. greatest pleasure that finally ho

found himself safe and sound oil some of the macadam streets of Auckland.

DA.ArA Ci E S AAV. A 1! DE D. v.'AAGAXn. AI ay 'JO. Alter a hearing extending over three days, a Supreme tv.nrs jury this evening awarded £■■ -i. (Lam "es in a which Anil!(.vv I». .« s.re.odod against C. ,), Harford, ;■!' !■ ei.di,:;' for damages arising out i-i' a colics.on between J laiatilf’s son am! defendant's motor-ear. Doig. juur.. v.a s riding a I. ley<de when the collision coi-i rred. As n result, life thigh was liroki n and bis leg is now an inc h short.