WAITANGURU.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 705, 19 September 1914, Page 2

WAITANGURU.

. ©—® (Own Correspondent,) The weather is quits phenomenal for this time of the year. The atmosphere la mild and warm, and the absence of frosts is a marked feature—just the ideal growing weather. Providence undoubtedly has smiled upon us and in numerous ways has benefited the labours of the community. The goddess or the weather has been very considerate of the welfare of the young offspring of the .cattle and sheep and has equipped them in the rudimentary part of life with vigour and constitutional strength to be better able to withstand the merciless fury of the elements in tha future. The roads are in go condition—the slush and mud having been transfurmed into hard sun-baked surface?. Eoad work ia proceeding apace, the weather conditions being suited to that sphere of work. The forming and widening of the Msire road is. I learn, almost completed and ready for the metal. Messrs 3. Barrats and E. Buckley have been engaged for soma time on the lwoer end and are making a very creditable job. Mr Tarry and his gang, I believe, are expected in shortly, and intend also to bring in their crushing plant. Mr Wadswortb, Mr Tarry's foreman, is in here, and his been . busily engaged erecting the cookhouse and necessary conveniences, and in making the preliminary preparations for the opening up of the quarry. For the advantages of the contractor and men, as well as for this district, we trust that favourable weather conditions will accompany them during their sojourn here. The settiers are very anxious to sea tha completion of the metalling, and the magnitude i\i their anxiety can be well comprehended when it is considered that for more than seven years their only access to and from their homes has been on roads of mud; and, indeed, for many years on mere bridle tracks cut through the virgin forest. Tha advantage that this road will he to this district is very difficult to estimate, hut it is certain it will prove a valuable asset. It will be incentive to the reduction of the cost of living here. Moreover it will act aa ar> inducement to increased traffic on the roads, meaning frssh people coming into and passing through here, a factor that will largely help to rnuke this district known as it deserves.