TONGAPORUTU.
(FKOM OUR OWN CQ&BBaiONDBNT). The dry ppqog dried the roads much Qirtier this year than is generally the ens'*. There is considerable wheel traffic over the mountain now. The mile posts mike the rotd pleasin'or to t avei. The publio know what progress they are nuking. No. 46 is at | the Tong-iportitu bridg», 31 at the l\}ruti-road, and 20 at TTrenui,J from New Plymouth. The oontraot for the bridge is well forward—half the piles in th«ir places, and the Fcafloldiog nearly finished for the other half.
Mr Piggott (chairman of ths Clifton County C uocil) baa-been rouni collecting agricultural statis'ics. The weather is dry, inclined to be cold at night, a sharp frost d few nights back. The comp'aining settlers sty that there is not much growrh ; that the milk is smill in quantity and poor in quality. Na weather will please everybody.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 273, 19 November 1901, Page 2
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144TONGAPORUTU. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 273, 19 November 1901, Page 2
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