PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 33, 29 October 1920, Page 5

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Y ORANTS FOR SOUTHLAND. I|, ; ■ ' WELLINGTON", October 22. (jjjpuki-Waiau Extension. — Construe which was suspended in 1915 owing vvar conditions, was resumed in Octoll(| 1919. Owing to the scarcity of labour i|k wa# concentrated niostly on the com. tion of culverts to enable formation'to ltt' H|pUsbed on vigorously when additional llvK; becomes available. Fifteen men are , aged. Ktiou is in course of preparatioii, d will be brought before the Houae, jMBpfovision for the Government •-ib.king over the control and maintenance , maia roads. With the aid of thi3 legis^tion it is hoped to improve and mainui t'hj niain roads of the Dominion in | fllllce with the standard demanded by ^^Mtransport requirements. Should , y proposals be carried out, I hope to be 'ile to employ the most up-to-date meth- '' ' L in iioniiection with roadmaking and 'Saintenance. The work will be carried on| large scale in accordance with a jfihiiefprogramine and under the control s a well-organised staff. '•'^The lonstruction of the Invercargill ie range necessitates the reclamation of out 270 acr'es. The material for filling N being; obtained and conveyed to the site r r tram, and latterly a dredge has also '■ W employed to assist in this work. An Iditional 140 acres have been purchased vi a danger-zone, It is anticipated that ie whole undertaking will be completed uring the present financial year, and a ■ fl is being provided on tl2e Estimates for his purpose. Prison labour is being used g the work.

Yote. Spent. '{■: 1920-21.1919-20 £ £ fiiiton-Heddon Bush rail- ' way 8000 — )repuki-Wa]"au extensiou / railway" 5000 1445 jawrence-Roxhurgh 8000 — 'nvercargill Estuary Farm 1500 — . nvercargill Prison — Land and buildings ... 450 4176 Warders' cottages ... ... 7000 — Workshops, swimming ; baths 1000 — nvercargill Police. Sergt'a residence 1000 — n vercargill — Gladstone Police Station 850 — • nvercargill North Police Station 700 — Orepuki Police Station ... 700 . — lokonui Police Station ... 775 — Tua taper e Police Station ... 1000 — Yaikiwi (offices and. lockup) ... 250 — Vinton Police Station ... 1000 — nvercargill Post Office (parcels) 3000 — nvercargill P.O. (raising tower) 720 — aimsden Post and- Telegraph 2200 — lightcaps Post and Telegraph ... 2250 ~ hepuki Post and Telegraph 1000 — /umsden Agricultural Inspector's residence sit ... 50 — >t. Helen's, Inverqprgill ... 100 Itewart Island, Halfmnon Bay, boat slip 100 TossburmTe Anau, road . and. bridges 250 — liver ton, subsidy "The Rocks" road 100 'e Anau, jetties, etc. ... 150 'e Anau-Milford Track ... 400 — Vaikiwi River Board (subsidy for widening Waitluiyi) 1000 — Irants for bridges, roads, and maintenance for Invercargill r'oad district, 0 79526 22655 «oads and goldfields, Southland district ... 924 50 toads to open up land, Inyercargill district ... 15592 2327

THE ESTIMATES.

Vote. Spent. 'I A 1920-21 1919-20 , Anderson's road, Kauana 75 — barkly road (£ for £) ... 100 — 'Benio School road (£ for £) 100 — , Black road, Otatara (£ for t>£) 60 - Blondill road 100 — |Broadbent'3 road ... ... 300 20

Brown's to settlers' reserve 165 136 -Caulfield road (£ for £) ... 250 — Cemetery road, Forrest Hill 200 — Collinson road (Grove Bush) 200 — Cross road Titipua 300 100 Dairy Factory road, Hedge - hope 50 _ Davidson's road, Titipua 100 100 Devereaux road 100 — Dry Ridge road 97 _ Duck Creek road 200 Punn road, Otatara 100 — Forest Hill Hundred ... 100 — Glenare to Josephville ... 350 — Gorge Road — Waituna ... 300 — Gore Protective works . . . 15000 4917 In vercargill block 24 (access to section 23) 100 — Kelly road 200 — Lamont Settlement road 200 — Lochiel to Wilson's Crossing 100 — Lumsden to Balfour ... 150 - — Lumsden to Kingston .... 150 — Maitland School road ... 100 — Mataura River bridge (Pyramid) ... '... 500 — Mcintosh road, Glencoe ... 100 — McKenzie road, Lochiel ... 100 — McKenzie road, Waikaia ... 100 — Mill Road, (south) ... 100 — Mokoreta School to Church road ... ... 100 — Nally road, Waimahaka ... 200 — Old Oteramika road 150 — Pope road,' Croydon Bush ... 200 — Pullar road (Grove Bush) ... 200 — Pomona road (£ for £) ... 100 -L Ryal Bush to Grove Bush ... 300 — Sandstone to Kingston Crossing 150 —

Votes for Roards.

road 200 — Tramway road, Mabel ... ... 100 — Turnbull road 100 — Wadsworth's to Lora road ... 150 — Waikawa foreshore road ... 300 — Watt road, Longbush 75 — Watt road, Otatara 50 * — Wilson and Tanner road ... 100 — Young's road 50 — Golden Bay t© Thule 100' — Birchwood road 100 — Broomhall's road 1900 600

Davis and Frentz road ... 100 — Falls Creek road 100 — Jacob's River bridge 200 — Kaka 100 — Lynwood protective works... 100 — Lumsden to Mossburn ... 100 — Mclnerney to Waihoaka ... 100 — Pourakino bridge to Traill's mill ... 100 — Ruahine to Wakapatu (£ for £) ... .100 — Scott's Gap, lower 100 Sinclair bridge to Lambie corner' ... ... ... ... 50 — Slattery rojid (£ for £) ... 50 • — Stephen and Robinson (£ ' for £) ... 100 Thornbury bridge on account (£ for £) 500 — Tuatapere domain road (£1 for £2) 100 — Waimeamea stream, Round Hill, No. 1 block 700 — Wakapatu to Round Hill ... 300 — Ward road, Fairfax (£ for £) 100 —

Thomson's Crossing, east