CORRESPONDENCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 586, 19 July 1913, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

Lctie.s (or publication, .-mil .-alleles l;>i lti'.orlioi;, must l>c accompanied (not necessarily lot pubhealio„),by (he name ..I the. vvnlrr, ami, provided thev .-ire not oliensivr in any way. will he oublished as spaee pel mils. Ihe l'-'liKir docs lot identify himself wilh llu-opinions expressed iy eo.responde-iis, and accepts no responsibility or ihcni.l The Editor. Sir, —1 understand the Public Works Department has decided to have no money spent on the Mangakokopu this year. Do the Te Kuiti people know what this means to them? Do they know that one of the richest parts of New Zealand lies from Te Kuiti to the coast? Do they understand there is only five and a half miles of bridlctrack in nearly fifty miles separating them from one ol the prettiest places in which they could spend a few days, or weeks, camping on the sea coast? A God-send to men, women, and children in the summer months, and only about three hours distant by motor car. There is every chance of Te Kuiti losing this if they don't bestir themselves in this matter at once. This place has been settled nine years now, and is just beginning to pay. Other towns see | they get justice by fitting roads i made in their direction, but. this is j going to lie made away from them. ! There is a night train leaving To | Kuiti which is a great boon l'> back- : block settlers. They can leave home i during the day. and be in time to j catch it in either direction. Also, our j banks, lawyers, doctori. and all other businesses lie there. If we could only get through it would mean thousands jin the year to them. 1 understand j Taranaki people wish to have a motor j road from New Plymouth to Ihe Wai kato. Let them have it by ad means, but let us have an outlet as well, and : one road'doirc serve the whole country j as the road engineer seetni to think it I will. Those who have pitched the ! times and read Taranaki papers know | this was planned years ago. but. it. is ! only just coming to pass, and, as 1 i said before, it you Te Kuiti people* j don't bestir yourselves, it will be too | late. We know you have helped us ; in the past in your paper, and our . j petitions, but it, is beyond petitions ! now. It wants something more than ' | that. It wanls you Te Kuiti people " to rise up and demand your rights, ■\ and it will pay you handsomely to do so. It, would mean a steady stream of money pouring into your town all the year lound. ' j 1 believe the engineer's excuse is j that the. Maimakokopu is steep, and , I that the other road is an easier . grade. I think the r.-ad iron* Waitoino up to the Mairoa range i 3 a • much worse grade than the Manga-- ' kokopu, and it is impossible to come 1 | over the ranges without rising. ■ Nevertheless there is no excuse fo< - '.. ! the engineer trying to prevent us getting five and a half mi! en ' widened ;<> that we can have an j outlet to the town oi' Te Kuiti, , where all our interests lie, it is not a '. , fair thing to be treated in Ibis way, ' either to thus or the Te Kuiti peoplo. 1 I am, etc., BACKHLOt'K VICTIM. Moeatoa, July. KU.li. lIM.'!.