LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 547, 9 July 1920, Page 2

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

MAIN ROADS' COMMISSION

EVIDENCE.

Sir, —In your issue of July 2 certain statements reported to have been made by Mr. Dynes Fulton before the Main Roads' Commission call for contradiction. He is reported to have said: '?The business of the farmers of Bombay is done with Pukekohe, and not with Auckland or Hamilton," and "the Bombay people would still have the present road, therefore nothing will be taken from them." As regards the first part of quotation, I am quite sure most of the business of Bombay is done with Auckland. Certainly most of our goods are railed to Pukekohe or Buckland, but only because of two bad roads. The one to Drury is the 1 worst, therefore we are willing to pay the extra freight. Give u» a good road to Drury, and see to which station our goods are railed. The second part of quotation is too thoughtless lor much comment. Everyone knows that to take the main arterial road out of a district means immediate relegation lo backblock conditions. A remark like it is likely to boomerang. Suppose it was proposed to straighten the railwav and leave the loop via Tuakau for an odd "wildcat" or two per day, would the people of Tuakau consider they were losing nothing? 1 think not, and 1 also think the lirst protest would be from Mr, Dynes Fulton himself. C. T. PROUDE, Bombay, July 0, 1920.