BAD STRETCH OF ROAD.
MORRINiSYILLE-PLAIN'S' ROUTE.
GOVERNMENT GRANTS SUBSIDY.
There is a bad stretch of about five miles of road between Torehape and Waikumete (McDonald’s) on the hjghway between Waitakaruru and Morrinsville, within the Hauraki Plains County.
At its last meeting a deputation headed by Mr Edgar W. Harris waited upon the Plains County Council an/1 urged that a Government subsidy of £2 (or £1 should be applied for and a special rating area constituted. The council was favourable to the scheme, which is estimated to cost £2OOO. Gravel from the Torehape Stream and Waikumete Stream, situated at either end of the stretch to be- metalled, will enable the work to be done economically. Messrs T. W. Rhodes (Thames) and A. M. Samuel- (Ohinemuri) were communicated with, and at once interviewed the Minister of Public Works, who promised to immediately obtain a report from the district engineer. Tha report is now to hand and is favourable. The Minister has advised Mr Rhodes that he purposes placing an item of £5OO on account of £l4OO, £2 for £l, in this year’s estimates.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5172, 31 August 1927, Page 2
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181BAD STRETCH OF ROAD. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5172, 31 August 1927, Page 2
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