Official Correspondence.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 393, 25 December 1908, Page 2

Official Correspondence.

; The l6}tet jsvhav4received by Mr W. T. Jennings, M P., ■svho forwarded them on to Cr Jonathan, Chairman of the Kawhia Town Board:— ' ; ' '* ' ’ ;1; -* ; resMph.-qf JRiJt, WMf lbs..- , »?>,. »! petition from settlers of the Ka®fhk District and oft constructionqfa badge aver the Oparau the notl vritMie obiuia-id frtfm tbfr R s &® Department oa the .übj.-ot with a view to eeeing whether tbe w ;rk h one for 'which provision nan be made on next years-public work, estimates.—Yours, aie., Jas. M'Gowav, Minister for [Beads.” “In roforemis to Mr Jonathan’s-dommanioa'.i-Ajft Vaa -IMmV Oc»vb.>r 10th so far aSpWftSfSloWfße Opar»u toad, I beg to state that the £lOO msotlnoed was piovidad • for tho: purpose of Oiearmg up the road from its junction with tbe Kawhia Aote* Road to Oparau. The road was originally made by the Government in 1884 and it bus been so little required h.s fallen into disrepair. To complete the Work ae an ua metalled dray read with a bridge at Poti will cost at least £l5OO. Without the bridge It would be no »69«8>a-ihtough r iad from between the times ? f .abo.qt f flood and high tide. No doubt something will have to ba done in fuiura hompteting the road and the case wiiF teas®