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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 161, 19 June 1884, Page 2

Mr. Gannon, in a letter addressed to the Telephone, and which appeared in last night’s issue, denies having adopted any course which was intended to interfere with the place of the bridge which some time ago was decided by both County and Borough Councils should span the Turanganui river. We of course accept Mr. Gannon’s denial as one to be relied on. But the members of the Harbor Board are not satisfied, and have or are about to institute inquiries as to who really are the offending parties in this very serious matter. Mr. Gannon says :— “ The question of the erection of a bridge is purely of a £s. d. character. It the people of the town of Gisborne, and the County of Cook, require a bridge over the Waimata river, they can have

on it the following terms — 500 Government grant, from Land Co.” Very true, but a bridge across the Waimata demands the construction of over half-a-mile of road, the estimated cost of which is £ 1,000, making the scheme an affair of while at the same time drawing the traffic out of its usual course. A bridge across the Waimata would doubtless enhance the value of the land of the holders in vicinity of it, but it would be to the injury of the main thoroughfare of the town, and it is certain the Harbour Board will have none of it.