TE KUITI-AWAKINO ROAD

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 226, 19 January 1910, Page 2

TE KUITI-AWAKINO ROAD

County Council Resolution. At the meeting of the Waitomo County Council on Monday evening, the letter from the Public Works Department, with reference to metalling the To Kuiti-Awakino road, was brought up for discussion, when Councillor Boddie moved the following resolution

"That while this Council is prepared at any time to undertake the expenditure of any grants made by the Government to any road within tho County, tho proposal contained in the letter of January 10th to metal three miles of To Kuiti-Awakino road on the basis of a £ for £ subsidy is an impossibility, as this pouncil has no funds for such a jnjj'pose, and jliis'faci must bp K : nowi} to (bp ).)eppr|;mep|:j j)nd the Council deeply vegrets thai; such an important and urgent worls should be thus unduly delayed by such an impossible proposal on the part of tho Government,"

(speaking to the motion, tho movoi' said tho least the Councillors could do in the Interests of the settlers would be to express regret that such aft important work had been delayed Ipr the action of the Government. Tho matter had already been dealt with by tho public, but the Council had to treat the letter officially.

Cr O'Dwyer said that the offer of the Government was preposterous and point out clearly that it was plainly a Government responsibility, and thfejgg letter'was pajp'ably an eleventh, Jioulf dodge to Islpcjc jihc'wdt|:.' 1 '4'jie ipo'ypf: hp' Cpuncii should not lowpp its dignity |;p go into 3mall dptails, which were tainly known to tho I'rimo Minister ajnd tho Minjstpr for Publip \Vpflts. The motion was (seconded by On Were and carried unanimously.