The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1905. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7930, 20 September 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1905. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

111. urgent roq'!ir-<nicttts of JVjranak -n tii.: waiter uf 'ixp-nclitur j for publ.c wyrks created 4 considerable amount of curiosity ,>s to »h.u provision would he ciado for meeting the many needs of the district in tlic estimates for the current year. U wag therefore with keen anticipation that the public awaitwi the slato mcnt of the Minister that was laid before the House on Friday last . Tin Premier ha*t> clearly indicated that the amount cstimak-d for the current year wouid largely |exceed that of last year, and it is satisfactory to find that the total is nearly doubled —the increase being roughly about a million sterling. Turning to the sum mary of the ['ublic Works Funil we fin*' that the votes last year totalled tMl>l,l!J(l, and that the amount actually expended was !):!:! but if to this latter amount There In e-d-ded the sum of £-Ilio.HiKJ. tin amount of ouistuirding liabilities 01 ! M'arih ;:i la ,I. the total valve of tl-i e-ar't, work uonM be raiw •! to CI.It is only fair to nnntioi\ mon-ov. r. ! hat m the estimates j>r.»■ viM'on was made itr a sum ol t.'iilifi hams fi.j raising loans, but only was spent on this head. Tak i.-if; • verj thins in''J consider,it iu ;iie (levirnineiit is fairly entitled t. tredit of having done the utniosl >vithin the limit-. >1 \otvs uuthorisul aud for having even ironc to tlii length of spending between three am' fnur thomrand mere than '.vai sane ' d. I in- 1 -j:l..v 1: for I !i" curri r :

li'JUj;-.;; ••Viij: va; rh»- cas«» ijj ll'i .• —. 1-* v r t -.-f. arvJ a neurit;being allocated. It will be sw.ii that i he* proposed eyp£:rdituro on r.t.vut l-i'i a ruHit.i'. iiio.•* li.ui' ! u-i \ ' 1 h«ir on roads and f r.s in nnly about £lttr> t (}HO in « to**-. It is ir, this itfrn that rlis-«ppr/fntTTK-nt will hr» most k«vn!y Mt fu Turarmkj uhoio it wus hop'*;! that ti! k- ra I pr«»\ision wmil-l Ik- nuulf )'<•( «*lh-viat.inji lh«« t»i <mr l.ueihlock si'tllcrs. i*r</l)uMy there ar«; i many who will royard the t'annarkvd for utilisation of wat.M pontr as a luxury tliat could will hav»- wn*t»*d unlil our s«!tl«rs v.on |Tovid»'ti with a Fatisfuclory t»f «• c<*ss tuih-ir h')!fli»tiis fjlnus;. may also Wf f:•!( that thi 5wlill";i l:l (lis'r'K ls sliould re: » su-.'h a larjrc shori- of tin- puMic j,jt»iu*y. {.r-iMi; propose! i:n:!rr ihi- ' f "il' V. lnpni' pi" arni ♦k«» frr irrigation ami v.«irr >'ij»p!y it tl 1.--I i*' ;rd i»! i« t «''l Hio! ;« vofl.JH niifi'iiit "f this ht'.-r ••\pt ];:li(u:r ii' i f«nry and a il* 1? l:i;i I\> - Mjrnp ; j-h 's • f.tfs of ; c» and i"' rc>fc.-'.iv 15 «.tit « f aH propoi'i t.i : lw in • ("or fLUvi utrk ♦n ».\p Jw-f i: 't--t l-i 'hi:- o on 11 ■ 'UA^f^pi—v lino. <-» v. \.r\> j .;:.ir i'O-1? va - f-.xp'.'ndfd out < * Hi i_". ft \ :>tl. That o;11\ f .i.< *»i»| I— I thir-

: i,r:-u.i !. r ,J i -u-.-iur.g' liK. 4 J 1.-.:: JMri 4- ' u usjou would t»> a»aUc oa liuc. .socially in vr»w of the fact that the' vote for Ihe Fxmont line luip •u rt.jsc-.i fr- ;n livto fm- n ihon- !"' '! 1 Ojn'i i ■<•; tiers this •. \x' : <»: uiiuiis will fce very muchakin to "asking 1 for bivad and grt- • in£ a stone." With a vote of imm» furl Jn* Oruru extension ami the money promptly as well as judiciously fXiH'tulcii there would be sonic satisfaction on the score of progress more particularly if adequate provision in inaiic for road work farther on to enable thi» distant settlors to make use of the railway, before they arc ijiiilo crushed with their pres'-nt lumlcus. The (Hugo Central to be allow**! £IOtf.OOO,! and. r-'udy !lie Taranaki O'lHral should U- flitll Ittl to at least half that amount Satisfactory progress shouki •he made with lire North Island "trunk liw for which £300,000 is proposed ■—exactly double? the vote of last year The only vetes for roads in Taranaki that run into four figuies f«M- tbn Obnrn £ot fO. and for ' th" Mokju—Mitui £1<:f;0. Tli. re uiej n-jmcrotis smaUrr from £(>00 I J> thf Mcl:i mul Manga."hi: claiming tin- r sum. Tor l '!»< T!!;r 1 ;-H f\t M>S io" £t< "> j f 'c K.i'i I-iu!. ■. 1 -ut with the l Mm!]!

i' "!i .>i I.KIc.S i.-i ;•(_,! nrlcll .-...,11! i- •• ■ V-: •;• 1. -Veil. . Thr-\k!!i- ---' " rs f"- " 1 '' |*ovlr.o» sh'itiM join for -. ■* rrt'i pivnro for Tarmnki a far ; >;.-r arnvjin t.ltan is p^oposi-d in !'■> 'Viinam. This can f->Hly l.r hue hj; iv-oucii'r,- some u Sim ■ show " • ' c;: on -hv PuU:c V.Vni-rr- J,s> Ow i ,i- ir-- .ir:| is timi;!nr ' > iv-tr-fis ■i ll fV'-.T.- na;i - in --■l-mo 'ii.li 'ar.ly .i is? Lei- which has b«vn so long ih'lavert. ON' THIO FOURTH I'AGK, Thi' Storyteller. •Stoi'ind iiy the Russians.