CAMBRIDGE AND TAURANGA ROAD.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 404, 15 December 1874, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE AND TAURANGA ROAD.

Alluding to the Tauranga and Cambiidge road in in his address to his constituents last week, Mr W. Kelly, M.H.R., stated that in 1871, he " carried a resolution that the road was to be constructed ;" native difficulties- cropped up, and the idea was abandoned tor the time being. In 1872 and 7,3, he again brought the matter forward, and obtained qualified promises from the Government, and. last session he was told by the Minister of Public works that the District, Engineer had received instructions t ) proceed with the road forthwith. These instructions, however, appear, not to have been received, and the commencement of operations on this line as far oft' as ever. And why should this be the case 1 surely, the Honorable the Minister for Publio Works must have had very foggy notions on. what he was talking about, or Mr Kelly must hate misunderstood him, or the letter containing the instructions to Captain Turner, has been miscarried ; of course it ispossible that either of these three things may have occurred, but it is nevertheless, highly improbable. We are at a loss to quite apprehend what the honorable member means by having received "qualified promises" during the t.vo sessions, 1872' and' 1873 ; but leaving the " qualified promises" out of the question, thefact remains that no work is in progress on the Tauranga and Cambridge road. The line of road we believe decided upon, is that via Whakamarama and the Wairiri Falls ; eight miles of this is through a forest of excellent land. The whole distance to Cambridge is 53 miles, of which about 43 miles remain unmade. The only engineering difficulty, and that can hardly be so termed, is descending the west side of the dividing range between here and the Thames ; this accomplished, the road will run across a perfect plain until striking the Waikato river, about 14 miles from Cambridge, when it will form a junction with the Cambridge and Taupo road at Paerere. Everything being, so to speak, to all appearance, plain sailing, unless, indeed, the usual bugbear — native obstruction — is standing in the way, we cannot understand the Government allowing the summer months to slip away without making a sign of work on this line, and if there is any native obstruction, it would be far better policy to honestly say so, than to allow the publio to arrive at the natural curiosity, that the Government do not care whether the road is made or not in spite of the assurance of the Minister for Public Works. That such is the general impression is unrciistakeable. We do trust that something will be done on this line of road before the summer is over. — Bay of Plenty limes.

The fl-erman pnpers report the following incident whicli occurred the other day at Dresden: — " Tlie lieieditn y Gnuid Doto ol Oldenburg, who is stu lying at tho I nirer*ity of Leipsic, happened the other diiy to be at the §lution of Diesden, Biid, while waiting for the t nun, enter* d the refreshment-loom anil seated himself without ceremom at a table ready aerved. The waiter requited him to »akt« another plare, a« Hint one was engaged, but the Duke very rudely relusid. The mßster of I lie estabhdlnnent llu-n (••mp, onil rctuont'traied with the Prince, to «lnch the litter replied by a blow. The master returned it with inuri-st, ; the Hauliers present took the inns ci's p«rt, and Ins llmhness was hustled about nnd beaten with canes and U'librellifs and at Ihbl turned out of the room. The police a iortl" alter intervened, and rescued the young man li'oin i he lniliymint. public, who knew nothing ol hid rank, but snw that be b»d acted with groat rudeness. — Pall Mali Gat«tte, '