KING COUNTRY ROADS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 95, 14 August 1908, Page 5

KING COUNTRY ROADS.

.. ... ♦ ..- Remarks by Mr Greenslade.

In the course of a lenghy speech in the financial debate, Mr Greenslade, M.P.. remarked;' — We have found some members of the in the course of this debate, lamenting the icrease in the public debt of this Dominion. I would ask those honouarble members what it is they are complaining about? Will they point out to this House what they object to? Do they object to the increase of £250,000 that is to be specially set aside this year "tor the reading the backblocks If so then they should have the courage of their conviction:; and let the country settlers know that so far as they are concerned they ?re against borrowing, even in order that the outback settlers 'mav be assisted in carrying out their difficult work of pioneering in the remote settlements. No: they a--e captious and they criticise,, but. J do not think they will have the courage to say that they are opposed to the reading of our backblccks blnckblocks such as exist at Kawhia. Kinohaku, Kiritehere, Marakopa and other portions of my electorate. The Hon. Sir J. G. Ward: Te Kuiti road included. Mr Greenslade: The Prime Minister refers to the Te Kuiti road. lam verv pleased, and so also were the residents, that the' 1 Prime Minister went over that road and saw for himself, as I wish every member of the House . would do,the position and the fearful conditions under which settlement is being carried on in the more parts of the Dominion. Therefore 1 ask the members of the Opposition -■vho ].on"o'. v "ing p 1 ' 0 ""'"" I '-' r '' r '" ir -' G'>v<-';-n----ment to .-ay whether ihoy are opposed to the increased '....rrmviiig u. the extent of £250,000 this year for the road ing of the backblocks.