LINKING UP SETTLEMENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 626, 10 December 1913, Page 5

LINKING UP SETTLEMENT.

»_» NEW COACH SERVICE. TE KUITI TO WAITANGURU. The improvement in the roads of the district which was first undertaken in a comprehensive manner by the settlers in the Mairoa district, is now being fell in a distinctly beneficial manner. In addition to the fact that si tilers are able to work their holdings more advantageously the improved road communication is bring" inir (in 1 outback people into much closer touch with the town and thus ii::';if'.'ni:\: v tli'. l burden of isolation which ;'.■' rT,f of the chief drawbacks to 'Arc- pioneers' existence. A coreh ;:;■; vuv is being established boiwr;-;' the ">M,iro:i district, and Te Kniti liv W<f (I. McLaren, who was for a considerable time driving for Mr C. Stevens, tbe wri)-Known grain and seed merchant of Te Xuiti. It is intended to run the eoac.h to and from Wnitamrurn en alternate days as soon as the road is in a fit condition to warrant tbe complete journey, but meanwhile the. coach will run to and from Oparure daily. The opeiiiiH. up trip was made on Saturday morning when a number of Te Kuiti residents were driven to Oparnre in the new coach. Included in ;i;e j-s.rtv were a number of old ••c-iiente in the. persons of Messrs J. Trmm;ui;m. J. and H. Hetet, D. SnMiv.-.n' :\)\ii VI. Ellison, while Messrs Mora. Matthew, Cotter and other; were also present. At Mr-- Josephs' well-known accommodation house the party were pro-

vivies) with ;! ; : uif..di!e luncheon, and ih'j .-uecv;"; of tlv.> enterprise Was ht'iivlih 1 i,ii:i; : 'o;i, .Speeches Were m;i;ic iiv iUv :•;"[:• Sulifv.'iii. Hotet, ; on V. Ke: : i\ r-U'yu, ;smi Matthew, while W'V: : Jorcn'i: :ih;o mlded her r J ( ,.,;' (vV [}■■<■ ■>.:<■?,■■;.</ of the unii-rinkip;': .'inri -ei\ rv. ;! in the pro-crri-s 'the vii.".;rii'i :-•■: mi'-iie during Vir G. McLaren rrdta'my responded, nnii stated Ire iniended to maintain a f-horowp.hlv cr.ii'ii jit .'■ciA-ici. 1 nelwenn Te Kr.iii r-nii Waite.urjm;, and hoped to merit (he :m;<nm-;.. of the aettlers gene rr.liv. i , t ir T<> Kuiti in n ii thoroughly en- \ \ i u i which the ati l I ( mdfiil Oparure i h itimirod. I I 1 i being put on t i 1 ilipted for the s i i Mi of carrying j i 1 r < - v> l nlo it is built pin In iidH over which ,t \ til Directly it ii jiil < II service to bo n n q i i uncement to that i i \ ii i '<