By a telegram in another column it is stated that the Government have intimated to Tukakino that they are determined to form the road through the Komata Block. We sincerely trust the report is correct, as the need for this road is now far more generally felt than before the opening of the Te Aroha goldfield. We are afraid that such is not the case as the Hon. IV Whitaker declined to decide the matter himself, and Mr.Eryce, tne Native Minister has not yet arrived in Auckland. We understand that should the Government not proceed at once with the formation of the road, Mr Reuben Parr ..and a number of Waitoa settlers

intend to carry it Subscriptions are being raiaed by them for the purpose. ■' ■'"