THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, SEPT 7, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 65, 7 September 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, SEPT 7, 1877.

; Thje Chairman -of the. Bailer County Council (Mr. Fuller) : visited"- IWf* f ;|.ton in. tlie early part of -the pre:'l ne\ib week, and had a, short interview with tho Chairman and Executive '- Committee of the Inans;nhua County Council, relatiye to the Reefton* Wes-I"- | port,, and Lyell and Wesport roads, ft 1 t?eeins that Weatport, short as the ,tiuie ,h'S; been, tliot the line bus been opened, has already felt the bentftfc of dray communication with i t'jiip place, nil d we heard, of a thorough K-tatarmipalion on theipart of the. Buller , Council, not only to 'keep the route ~ '■opeth-ha.k ■ to expend every available .pound of the County revenue in 1 improving ifc. That portion of thp Lvell- ■ Westporfcroad lying within the jurisdiction, of the Buller Council is also to be , ' constructed at once, and an understanding has beeu come to that the .Council here will at once proceed with the construction of the portion lying within the limits of our own County. Thirt is <iH very satisfactory in a commercial light, and the Tnangahua cannot but benefit largely by such a line of action. Asa movs has at lnst been made towards geft-ug the unfinished ' portion' of the Grey road. ..under con--etruction, the approaching summer will nodoubt bring with it a release from the current high rates of freight,* and as Mhe district by that time will be placed 'within a' few" 1 hours -comfortable ride of the seaboard, both north and south, we may hope to see a very large influx of visitors. lit U probable also thai. .. wb.en the" rate of conch fare between ' Reefton tf'nd Grey moutb, and Westport and Reefton, is reduced .ps it no ( donbt will be/in, tfye course of time, tho bulk of the traffip w.hicb. now finds itti .way from Westporfc to Grey mouth by 'Steamer, and via Charlestowo will pass through Reef' on, but this will not be until the 'mluc'tiriri referred to Ins besn made. There is also a very strong feeling i,n Kelson, we are informed, iv favor of opening up coach communication between that place, the -Upper Buller and Hcefton, and it is .within the bounds of possibility that during the present, session the Government will be asked to provide a imvil service • on that route, and it' need be. the subsidy w:ll be increased by private subs sci'iptions in Nelson and Matakitikia to induce coach proprietors to take up the running. All this points to the , fact that the natural barriers which have hitherto so signally retarded the. I flow of capital and population to , the : TnaiVgiiljua are fasfc disappearing, and that before another year ia ; over We shtill enjoy- a larger measure of coi> ;-. veniehce^n- this respect -than, perhaps any tttw'u on' the West Coask