Reception at Mangaroa.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 137, 8 March 1909, Page 2

Reception at Mangaroa.

I I The party left Matiere in the afl j noon and arrived at Mangaroa ab j six o'clock. In the evening a sot

was held in the hall. Mr Seerup p sided. In welcoming the Minister chairman expressed the great pleasi at the visit, and rem:-fed those pr ent that the visit would decide whet] they were to have the rakw?-- or n

„ .„ ....,_ >...,_ .c..,, n_. (jr n Mr Meredith said they -.vere ail awj the question was a burr.incr one in 1 district, and the most irrrcortant : pect of the case was -.at the wo should be pushed or. ~n P; tn ™„r„

c .. UUiU ue putnec: or. so as to conne with the main work heirs' core at t Stratford end. The Oocarue iine h been authorised for year; ar.d a si prise had been sprung or. Ohura and i the country generally wh e r. the de%

ation was asked for. Tire sneaker al, referred to the develcymont whi< had taken place along the route, ar paid a tribute to the setti-crs who wei responsible for the progress. Whc the Main Trunk line was finished tt Ohura people were assured work woul be started at One-arup. =m ™

i "v, ciciLcu dL wugarue. ana on th Public Works statement last year large sum of money was voted for con mencing work on the Northern end. Mr Sandison, who spoke in the ir terests of the dairying industry., mad a capital speech, during the course o

i | he drew attention to the fact that a] the factories, sale-yards and other in dustries had been established at o near Matiere in order to reap the bene fits of the line at the earliest opportu nity. If the deviation was decided up on it would be a breach of the sptpp.

„_ „ u X inti agreement which was implied in the fad that the line was authorised and shown on the lithograph when the settlers took up their sections. Moreover, the settlers on the route had s:t:-a.'l holdings of 200 acres or under, ehicfiv u^der

the Improved Farm itottiemcrt Svstem and were dependant on the dairying industry for their very existence. Mr Mcßae pointed cut the dissabilities in connection with erettine- fat

. =-'--'S "i I stock to market. At rrosent. on ac- ' count of bad roads, thouun thev had land capable of carrying :j or 4 sheep to the acre, they were only alko to build up frames and constitutions. It was impossible to get :'at The Minister's rerdyvusyracticaliy on the same lines as at Idatiore. la addition Mr MoKonzie said he felt sure that the out'r-r t>- -•-, ,:: r - • , ~.„„

'•- ,Jul -- c - - n - -r.e c:stnct was i Taranahi. and he proposed concen- : trating the void: at toe Tarar.aki end ;of the line. As to tlte purneso of his ; visit he had not come to the"district to i decide upon the route, but to ascertain the conditions genera::,-. I;-, a~v case the route won'- ■>-..-,?■ •-.-. --.v.. „> ~-j

. *vu:u no, oe una.p.- cecided j for some years. I;-.- -.vorki-g -.-•> rou=ly j from the south---, en.: he :At sure he j was studying the test interests of the I district and of the Dominion. The i Minister's remarks were received with j evident disapproval, and Mr Jenningg i in reply made a vigorous speech in support oc having the work started at the j northern end. In-- -.-,:•■,.-- r ----v.M u„

-■■"■ -■-- .■ •-■:.■._. ■_ ..i.nea dv the Minister was z',-j a .- ■--:-<•.- "-r. s rfi e f 0 the interest- of the vhois district. The line from the southern, crd had to -,- D3SS thrrincrh ri-t- 7V _„,.,., • ..

uuougn ir.e i argara.rau Gorge and '■ |at least ten miies of country which was useless ior settlor.:. The line from the northern er.d v.-o:-:d be payable from the first mile, arc roc existence of the settlers ceoer.ded unon the work being rut ; n hand. If \ hc Minister really mean: to earrv out the programme he had laid down it would be better for the Ohura people to join with the Te Kuiti people and advocate a start from the northern end irrespective of route. On the other hand it would pay the advocate s of the deviation to join with the Ohura neonle for

-the same purpose. He emphatically » declared the interests cf the district • were being saerihceuT.rtuo benefit of Taranaki.am; he /. hd have something much stronger to say on the subject when Parhamc:,: met. The soeeeh was applauded was cheer'.-; at To. r.--c---;-:c- ---| Mr MoKer:;:, ::. :::;Tauatkn said be ; was open:, c:nuTT;:.ard : ; : , work . | could be started a: :hc northern end if j the interests o: the district demanded | it. t t.... songs and reci- : tatioHS Were rendrvtr! hv MV. ec .,.„ c