Kiritehere Roads.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 345, 17 January 1908, Page 2

Kiritehere Roads.

ENGINEER G. F. ROBINOt’S - REPORT THEBEON**? • A LENGTHY DOCUMENT DISCUSSED BY THE KAWBtF COUNTY COUNCIL. Eret sinos th« a;>BH>l»inte loJaad b,. Kintaben settlers about tbdr toads.

THE MATTEE HAS BEEN CLOUDY

[ ti *t l ffitar. mentinu ttaH ”” “k l ’®™ oß - <® tta partof Mr Hurd or his officem.

of the eetttar. aa to Mr Burd? M wera ia’tto ®*fiss sj the expenditure of money; they ttooghthe eonMepeud the loading bitongiog to a block on any road he dtelred, “ * “P l * ine<l to toam he ia liosiad •» him by toe Head Ottce. They also thw ght ha could tmaefor the lewHng from SX Wi2te£.." o, j <•"“»» Rotates Hook to was poworleae In ttoee matter, andtodin ??L .‘y*?* .to »*y inetrnetloM from Read O®oa, and spend the venoua monies on tbo ready which served the leads from which the

loading, were raised, or on road, for which byParliemrat, the sol. tlere adnrfttod that) what they deacribod a« tkat u makinff a length <rf Kirf, tahere road in Kinohakn block not eomplet* , :. < ?‘S a * rto ° kn * noToEniti “ d

‘to Shipping place at Marokopa .item todiaerentZmaiiMr in which they to 10ft wide. About 1» mita. In Iragtb of read baa yet te be toimodand drained, snd this p£t f onß Tiha taS. J moatofthoeomplaiSu WtaeifiteiXtta nhoM 11 ““••• of ifangakopa Road (next its junction with gri.

rad “0 reuf.rosras re 9 thIM givea tram ttelr lands to forZi«“ra * ‘“•a-

te. £££.”£ taSo^^SXT'r^d d ttaWAsg-S reS ’““to rent n.xt stock to sab the gram which |, acting to Itad. The petition stated that tea foiling and formation of Waipaua Road waa tat,, ■eared at the wrong end, that it should hare been started tnm the Marotta, ta stead Of from th. Kiritohmu m “ b»I ta optaion (and this wm u bVtte «(? Mr Buid aoted

, ** *»? 1 tom in hit •Uy along a Bteap tidJrng, £°,ro 7 .,’r0 "t! Ut>le ht “>« ’«£ ;ta tad <ri«Sg ettto Kiritobme ' Ste«" tata Had ht Matted to the Marokon. «.d ri>« money tapplitato him would taro the work only about 3 a>ll M

taro 1 ariug.total* mil,, o( line to MJ end form, and until tbit were don. at »n wumatod coat of £3w> th. work completed would have tewa vralraa to ita wttl.ro. As it i;, a trafflcble ro„I w n? ““ toavatablsfrom Kirit.te« toM.rokops and tho forthar foiling ,md formation 2 m n« ‘f ““ “wS tat. taX'U “to"? 4 •“ b">t>«r Un ; to. .pur tt .,« will in th. nwataim. pnwl a a good tempo rary outlet. Brad. fn nAMrlv mil naan, t f.— J.I

»ro. to owwiy S“ oases I found th-- th. qssl.ty of tM arid, row fo tffl “Xu .7 fairly good, ia two caws oul ware on’v.n. placed tee high) to mi. plus ato it re oJ i> io rards of eartu wm ««i«l u» 0 , f rom •mall .mbaakma .l, Ummah . culr.rt o«. oomiag blvottod, and ■ a faw tailaawa am. tankmuta tad reta or Worn down and aS adniitiug Many Hips ware down on road., Mtofor-uinaoms oaara bniatting d>wa th. rater a lga.. Ito o > ia , u Kiritetaro. Whin fttndi ata artSttotefo 1 ? nuintvaatas tta bans, can ba rairad tba Blip, rataovad and th. road, widaued where naoaawry. Tbie work stand tedow a. In .paaMng io the sMUont I found tM with .re. oxooptom too y tan »» param. t ß tmu..s«u»t Mr Ural or Me

Barron, They will

tcX to* todSjJjj, L h.V'T' *•» 1 *■.•'■*J• u ' 1 ,l! ’ "**' the potion of t

etoep track taWew i« tonW tod In winter. Mr J. ssHxr.r.s"“""St'S ssss 2 -- l think Chet, from the foregoing yon will plMto at his disposal. ead I believe lite m». jority of the sattlen, erm those who hare oomttolnad. now reoogniro thia, and if the

■f 1 . . . nnuutooriaM loading, is at onoe handed hto for eapa hture, onaWieg him to form the roods bet.re winter, aid thus supply the necessary outlets to market, .1 do not anticipate any further oomplaints being made, at any rata for another year or two. Several settlers told me they signed without r outing tho petition, they wees told It was only a regnaet tort mA access l» given thio summer, and oontained m personal aeoasatloiu, others refused to sign on reading the contents. The majority now regret having appended their names. ? Ae Kawhia County Council pwsodl a repolutmn endoreing the terms of Mr Gregg’s totter to too WoHmgion B.ening . proote led to Kawhia and fcforrie sod th. Ilhsairraasn. M.UT a

lymeton.of toe Cetuilr CMorillote, Mr testing scsiurt him or the wart ba was dte tag, what thay wanted wsa an enquiry Into ths rmd admtaiatrailoa, not m«ely the !!?* toat to the Minister snd Saad btouk within tbo County taundwiea. 2nd Whether the whole of such loading had toon spent ted. Te obtain a detailed statement showing toe .mount el loading spent on each road and the oorreipondini length of fonutorh eta., does. 4th. The reasons why sown had UM yot been risen fA Mraato Of fchro Imteril. tst.

amou nt of

previously cMainod. I learned iaoldtmtaUy that the Hotel rata nvseueaf tea Connell was ebmta £S7oper •nnum;;to thia meet be added "rhiids- iron Crown taamm ■utatalas on rate., sad Parli?.ro tery Votafc ■' hv W " Itagtaeer £260 per auaum. . Other Witters I taterviewad, Mir Hsylook, «ri <* >»", erpraeaed thrirsatia.

xeaton et tne entnmtof work tee by (tor tsrarn. Hr Langlay whole, oommiasiou .nd shipping Agent at Kewhis, expressed ths optaion thst many of ths complaining sowters were Soitlng tee Goremment. Tie, got tealr at tee lowest possible price, threworriea toe Gorernment to make the roads, and no sooner had they attained teat eta than ttey sold out te . grretly anhasired prioS He monrioned many properties which tad profit, after having bean raleta | a ra i u py Govaitaarat esptaditare. The KMehare District is first olau sheep country and p**Commltelon I showed that in Nhrii ta?h

country (such at Kiritetaro) a loiriitur to St per tore is not tuEclent to mate attaata able teidls road. Tta Wellington eveSr lotatag ri "« operation of tea Counties Aotfttey at pre. PV ta >«■) and raittag a loan total yulM of tta extra Mt per acre, which would realiM on sta Kiritetaro and Manatee blockt atort £>,7,WO and making good dray roads withtaltlioee; blocks th«y could employ ttair own Engineer tad have the work data according to their own Ideas. I««"«“‘toob.rora.tata.

« m xrara **ov mooiapowneo" or «nart**ing the teiUsra'' and "of oommenclug th. formation of Waipant road at eta wronr and" am entirely srithoiit fonn iallota-aii'l to., tore mwie more wtth too forcing pap! io attention to tho stats of the roads, with the idw of fniarinr tho offiecr namod. in orfWtv »w»«t him m Gpeiinw bWbm Winter tbe road* GutaoiAtiirtj c f t j w»«ll etronxy noiwul tiw tee •• .ini of tbeWMtf* of th* i<wiin r for whfoh • req »n «tt b« ms f irwar fei to Under Soorecery CroFa Land*, bv <*oaraife. ’toner of CTO m U»’l% «nd ftoe toe nsoe of easboritie* or>a/ -rotee Meeed test >6kr. J the wqriM are pat in head st onoe. end

■rnffloient mnu o«B tw obmurod (n doubtful ratter) I do not think tn» tar farther ata,ultitaa will be taerd for eons time. Ae tbe Counblsa Ate I. not in operMfon in he Kiritetaro DlttriW. the uuinteaanooof all trade will te a ebarra agldnri Pa’ijebeing et fraqurat ocosrroaco. After ibe clerk bad flatbed reading tbe dtXM3ieQt| 0 -Babbage remarked thU porlioM of t» tapart might do tba district a lot of barm. He thought roioa ac.foo ttbouid be taken as the remarks were a "■f-oasrita « . m. to.«...traa,

motton that the Council

ar>ne fb *1 beca expended. Tbt mat Bant tahia It

bahle Ibt tit is afndd to dTen ’* PM ' Rotter red. ""A “tote'S.ol vltied it would do away with It and it waold lsc.n ba possible to polot to any week spot. It Or Jonathan; W Want wh.t, the Opposition bane in» trying to get tor yeare-a statement at to bow tbo country Is run. Tbo Council is simply local govsrameot and tbe Givernmsnt the enquirer io ent off ebftrt nod treated with impertinane..

The Uhnirmw stated that be would , try and gat this melter aa • remit to Provincial Council of tbe Fanners' 1 Union. I Ce Jonathan remarked tb»t there . was a laference to their engineer, ! which could not help making outsiders ; looking ua the Council with amuse- ' moot, nil vu slated that tbs reveom ‘ wa> £B5O pea year, oat of which an ? engineer was receiving £250. It the 8 position ottbe Council had to ba ventilated Mr Bobintou should have . visited the office nod obtained reliable , informaUon. 1

At the request of the Oonneil Mr Langley attended ia th* afternoon. Tbs Cbairman informed Mr Langley that the Ooasail took esaspttoa to the statement he was eappwed to ben meds to Mr B >bineon, Ths Kiriteher* settlers pud high priest! for the lend, some of which wee offend st 80s per ears. Mr Linghy: Whet was Bennett's aseiioa baUotted at ? Wes it not Ils 6d an acre ? The Chairmen: Yes. Bat it is ths worst section to get at in the block. Mr Langley: Exactly. He urgently needs a road. Cr Babbage: I take strong exoeghon to tbs whole of Mr Langley ’s ». mark*. How does he erase at the conclusions? The Chairman uld that the Eiritehete land was very high in price, m its especially when the hardships were sounds red in getting in stores, seed, eto., and than not being able to make nee of the grass. Hundreds of acres

te- MF 1U bUSS district owing to it bring impossible to get stock in. If Me Langley had Siiil as reported be bad mad i s mistake. Personally ha thought tbt> tbs settlers bad every right to press the Government for wbat in tbeir own. Or Babbsge: It is part of tbe Gov.

. ernmont s ooiMreat to road land. In . the Awaena VJley we bbvs been tbta ’ bOTi”” 13 ,SW ’ M<J ,Ot * I* 00 ? bw ’ TlreObJnasn did not know of any . sections st Kiritehere test bad changed 1 hands. They aU thought that tbe Go--1 verument was not dealing fairly with the eettiars, as they should bavs roads before eoven years. Such statomeata injured the place. Mr Langley eaid that from the beginning be looked upon this matter as a peruonal attack upon Mr Burd, whom be had known for 25 years as a oom petent and careful engineer. What be said to Mr Robinson was in the 3 inros of a private chat between two old friends who had not met for 80 years, and it came aa a anrsriaa when

te—.. wrowmta* mo m WBVQ fce found it had bean memiotftd in tbe foport. He badterid that when Mr Burd was attacked it wa; caused by either personal animus or that there was something to be gained. S icttons did rise ia value when a road w.t made to them, and he knew o! one block that want up from £6OO to £2599, so his ojnteatioß wee substantially oorreet When he wee speaking • of this tauter fit did not r -for to Kiri- , tebets only but to settlers generally. He i thought the setters quite right in agititiug for roads, but wrong in at- , tacking Mr Bard. The remarks be m vie bed nothing to do with tbe Kiri- ,

iBUGtO rows oe setttere, bat were tfisde purely in the dafome of Mr Bard. C< Jonetbeo: Than Mt Bubinton tqax a*l ren te go of a pH rate conroeratian. Didyoumaro the ramarks to apply to KiriieKirs ? Mr L-ngley : Gs>er I rem. k. h>v been twilled ,» meet a par icul.r eve, Tub Oh .1 nan avid rhal ih.i Oiuno, ban t.k i ac > art in the attack un Mr B.i-d. Th. repirt would apjiaa- t< he ptnvra tnl winld onvav ti«». -at lUte’i ig to what Me Ltng ey inended. • (Mr Langley than withdrew, after

which . lang-by reply was d-at tod, which will bi pabli’bed next mue.)