THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1906. OUR WATERCOURSES.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 261, 1 June 1906, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1906. OUR WATERCOURSES.

Until our roads from Kawhia to the various points round the and to the main trunk line tuMn-ide passable the settlers of this district have to depend to a very great extent on the natural waterways of the district. Our various channels or rivers open up vast area® uf land which w old otherwise be inaccessible, and >n one case at least the Government have recognised tbia fact—on the Marak -pa River—where a sum of money ia to be spent in snagging the river, which we are pleased to notice. H wever, there are other places in thio locality where there is greater and more urgent necessity for work of thia nature. We have half-a-dozen oil launches continually plying to all points of the harbour, and the usefulness of these crafts could be greatly enhanced if the Government would open up the tipper reaches by snagging. This matter has been brought by us under Ishe personal notice of both ;the Hon. James Carroil and the Hon. C. H. Milla, eaob of whom admitted that the work was an important one and should be at tended to at once, both gentlemen instructing their private secretaries to make a note of the urgency cf the Oise. This was some months ago, but that is all that has been hoard of it since. The effort to establish the dairying industry in the K iwhia dis t ict is worthy of support, and tho Goyerument could not help ih m »vement better than by .‘naggi’ g tho rivers implying into the barb ur, thus allowing the Lunches to run at any state of the tide. After eyery Hood it is a matter of serious moment to the public th it many of the kn <wn and dangerous snags have been either moved or else augmented by the debris catching on them and further blocking up the already barrow channels. Pio bably the quickest way to have the work attended to will bo for the Go vernm«nt to immediaMy tijpint a Harbour Board whoso duty it- would

be to see into this and other neoessaiy improvements connected with our Harbour. Surely when we are not permitted to travel by land on account of the terrible state of our roads, we should be able to get about by Water, but unfortunately the rivere are as bad a? the roads—the roads as a rule begin nowhere and end nowhere, whilst the rivers, owing to obstructions, are just about the same.