CORRESPONDENCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 116, 17 December 1908, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I am aware that you do not care about publishing letters which reflect in any manner upon a Government official, but I should like to say a word about the main road from Te Kuiti to Awakino, and the manner in which the money is being spent on it. As you are aware there is a grant of £3,000 for the road, and it was hoped by the settlers that this amount would be spent in metal. The stone-crusher was purchased with this object I believe, and I see there is another crusher being obtained for the district. The amount of road which can be metalled during the summer is not a great deal even if the output of the two crushers wa3 put on the road, and the money is presumably to be spent over the whole of the road betwejn Te Kuiti and Awakino. The settlers are now complaining loudly about a deviation which is being made on the road, about four miles from Te Kuiti, to cut off a bend, and which will cost a considerable sum of money. I consider, and many others with me, that the money would be better expended on metal. The road past the proposed deviation is already metalled, and will be good for some years to come, while further on the road will be impassable in winter. Every penny spent in metal is a direct benefit to the whole district, -while every penny diverted from metal is delaying the progress of everyone. 1 sincerely trust some means will be found to nop the deviation work for the present and have the money put into more metal, otherwise the settlers will shortly be faced with the position of having the road work stopped for want of funds. I am, etc., AWAKINO.

["Awakino" is probably mistaken with regard to the idea that money is being diverted from metalling in order to make the deviation. A certain amount is voted for maintenance, and no doubt the deviation is being made with this money. Ed. K.C.C.]