GISBORNE – WAIKATO STOCK TRACK.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 65, 17 January 1908, Page 3

GISBORNE - WAIKATO STOCK TRACK.

The subject of the Waikato stock track was discussed at the meeting of the Gisborne branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday last, and a resolution was moved that a committee be appointed to wait on the Minister for Lands. >The chairman said they should have the road open nest year at the latest. They ytete not: going to have a, paHry * £25,000 blocking them in their connection with Wajfeata, and If the Government would not do the work, then the people of this district and Auckland would get the road constructed themselves. He had the authority of Mr. Stringer, secretary of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, to say that the chairman of that bodv 9\y£ the chairman of the, "Vyal^mp,"Farmers' Union share any expenditure they undertook. Mr A. F. Matthew agreed that they should represent the matter t$ the Government and there Y;a.s« «o reason why the Minister- s>*o«to not send a memb?¥- &§■ the local Road Department to examine the route. The Prime Minister had promised that the track should be put through. He seconded Mr Birrells motion to appoint a committee, which, was ©arried. It was agA"ee4 *Uafc the question of the alternative route should stand down. It was resolved to forward particulars of what was being done to Auckland and Waikato, and to the Hon. Jas. Carroll. A resolution that other local bodies should be communicated with, inviting flfceir co-operation, was also ca^d^