DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 677, 13 June 1914, Page 5

DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.

MR C. K. WIL ON ON TOUR. Mr C. K. Wilson, member for the district, has just completed a tour of a portion of the district, occupying just about a month. ,Mr Wilson started from Te Kuiti and visited Kopaki on the northern side of Mangapeh'. He, expresses himself highly pleased with the manner in which the settlers are shapiny. Thirty-five settlers are busily engaged in the initial work of breaking in their sections, and are doing excellent work. Together with the developrr t of the sections the necessary work u f roading so essential to the progress of a new settlement is being carried on and the locality promises to be one of the best in the district. Fortunately access to the ilway from the furthest back seetu * is nn groat distance compared with other new settlements in the district, and the initial drawbacks associated with the break-ing-in of new country will not be unduly accentuated by the roading culties. Mr Wilson spent a couple of days at Mangapehi and Tiroa, and proceeded thenca to the railway junction at Okahukara where he inspected the works in prorgess. The member tal*o visited Matiera and Ohura. and proceeded to on his return journey to Puketiti. Mr Wilson said he was greatly disappointed over the fact that little or no work had been dune on the Miroa-huiao-Matiere road. He had battled hard for a substantial grant on this important road, and the position was no better now than it this time last yea*-, that a grant had been provided for the work. The tour had embraced Rira, Aria, Totoro. and Mahoenui, and he had insDected tha deviation of the Awakino Valley road. On this deviaiton there were almost about fifty men engaged, and good work was being done Mr-Wilson said he had also visited the Upper Awakino valley and met the settlers at Mahoenui. The final stages of the tour had been through the Mahoenui-Knwhia road via the Mangaotaki Valley, in which a day had been spent, arriving at Puketiti on Saturdav. Good weather had been experienced for at least half the journey, and many matters deßerviog of attention had been brought under his notice. ~ _., After a day or two for rest Mr Wilson paid a return visit from Pio Fio to Aria and met the,settlers interested in the'Kie Kie-kumara road loan area. He also visited the Mapara block and returned to Te Kuiti on Wednesday evening. Yesterday evening Mr Wilson proceeded to Waimiha and intends spending Monday and Tuesday at Otorohanga, returnng to Te Kuiti in time to meet the Prime Minister at Te Kuiti on Thursday. After the Prime Minister's visit Mr Wilson intends visiting Ongarue and Taumarunui and will deliver an address at Taumarunui. . Speaking of his imDressions of his trip, Mr Wilso,n said he was more than pleased with the potentialities of the district, and was oo3se3sed of a whcle-hearted admiration of the settler* who were making the district. Anything he could do t) promote their welfare he would be only too glad to undertake, and he had no fear of their future.