BACKBLOCK ROADS.
WINTER CONDITIONS AT OHURA. CARTING £5 PER TON. By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent. Ohura, This Day. Members of the Taranaki Land Board, accompanied by the new commissioner, Mr Bullard, attempted a trip to the Ohura part of the King Country, and on arrival at Mangaroa, decided to abandon it owing to inclement weather and the unspeakable state of the roads. v When at Mangaroa Mr W. K. Williams waited on the board in connection with opening block 24,000 acres in Waru survey district. The courtry is <>ood grazing land, and lies to the \vest of Mangaroa, the nearest point iuMiir four miles distant. The com,i,issuer informed Mr Williams that surveyors would be in the block in three weeks to cut up. Jn eenseqiicnee of the bad state of iho Onearue-Ohura main road, carters h; VV o vaV.-eil freight from £3 10s per \ on ;o .v.':-. The increase will be partieulavlv ban! en settlers as very little supplier' are yet to hand, because all \ Vl ! r 'o bonine "fer a line spell about this
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 5
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174BACKBLOCK ROADS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 5
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