ROADING NATIVE LANDS.
One of the mast important questions that will come up for discussion at the forthcoming conference or backblock local bodies is the roading of native lands. Moreover, the question is of such magnitude and is so inseparably associated with the roading of Grown lands that it becomes an integral part of the general roading policy of the Dominion. To people not intimately acquainted with the conditions governing the settlement of the King Country it may appear a simple and easy solution of the difficulty to apply the theory that land should pay for its own roading. The application of such a principle is obviously simple at the beginning of settlement when conditions are universal, but in a district where settlement has for years been carried out on the patchwork principle the application of any general theory is bound to present difficulties which require serious consideration. This is actually the case of the King Country in respect to the roading problem, and it. is to be devoutly hoped ihe recommendations o f the conference on the subject will be emphasised in the strongest possible manner. The progress of the whole district is bo affected by the present unsatisfactory position tbac no effort should be spared to impress the Government with the necessity of adopting a sensible and definite policy. The roading difficulty is practically confined to the districts where consider-, able areas of native lan.l exist, and by providing a remedy for the difficulty the Government would be aiding the settlement of the country to an immeasurable degree.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 533, 15 January 1913, Page 4
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260ROADING NATIVE LANDS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 533, 15 January 1913, Page 4
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