URUTI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 259, 2 November 1901, Page 2

URUTI.

(From Our Own Correspondent), There is not much to be chranicled concerning our district jus*: now, things being pretty quint until the roads dry up, as there is 110 building going on or much carting being done. We expect livelier times when the Tongaporutu B idge is finished and the roads are metalled. The settlers her**, by the way, are at least deserving of all credit for being energetic and enterprises.'. Not being satisfied to stop at what already been done in the way of pu-h ing the place along, they are now approiching the County Council with i proposal to raise a loan of £ISOO for the metalling of the main real from the North-road (ab.mt 4| miles from TJrenui) to the Uruti township, and also to do a further piece pas: the township towards Tongaporut", and a portion of the Uruti-roid (which joins the Moki-roid—a road going on towards the East-road), if the funds will allow; but it is all subject to the Government granting £ for £ for the £ISOO the Battlers purpose raising. At a public meeting of ratepayers, held at Uruti on Saturday, 19th October, at which the two members of the riding and the chairman of the County Council were present, the question of whether it was right to metal a portion of the Uruti-road, while not doing any portion of thi Mocgamaeho-road, was discussed; but it was pointed out that as the Government have definitely pledged themselves to metal one mile, in pieces, mostly from the Mongamaebo-road towards Uruti, the settlers on the Mongamaeho will get two miles done bslow them towards Urenui for only one mile laid down abovd them towards Uruti, that is if only ao much of the loan is raised to metal to the township, as it is the intention only to raise as much of the loan as tho Government subsidy amounts to. Then again, as the bulk of the rates come from the Uruti and northwards, and one of the objects of raising the loan is to make it passable for starling a dairy factory, it is considered that the Mongamaeho settlers will be well treated, especially when it is pointed out that both th* roads proposed to be metalled are main roads, and the Mongamaeho a bye road. It was thought by some here that the Council was not anxious to help this loan proposal, because it did not go on with the matter at the last monthly meeting, but that was because there had been no petition before it from the settlers and the two members of the riding were not aware of a meeting being held. Anyone who thinks the matter out must come to the conclusion that the Council would be glad to see a loan being raised for the purpose, because it is a case of the settlers helping themselves by putting their bonds in their own pockets, and not asking the Council for a penny. Moreover it will be a groat saving to the Council, as the road when metalled will not need tha heavy expenditure in repiirs which have to be done over and over again on * formed road, and in this c vse a badly l»id out road in some places. The bachelors gave a ball here on the 24th, which, in spite of bad weather, wa's a great success. Mr W. Perry was engaged to play for the evening, and over 30 couples were on the floor. A good supper was partaken of, and dancing was kept up until daylight.