CONDITION OF A ROAD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 158, 16 April 1928, Page 4

CONDITION OF A ROAD.

Sir,—l wish to write about the terrible state of the road out to Tuarangi Home. It is remarkable that this so-called civilised community should allow things to drift in such a state, for the aged and afflicted and blind deserve better treatment. in wet weather the long grass is a nuisance. There are two chains of concrete path, and when there was an advocacy for the extension of this to the earner, about four years ago, it was stated that the road was not worth it. This was only a round-about way of saying that those who were taken down to the Home, who are cut off from friends and relatives, are not worth any consideration in the least. There is only a small track through the grass to walk on, and when this track is submerged in winter time v, deaf person is compelled to go on the slushy road, to be run down by motorcars. This is quite bad enough, but how about the holes on the side of the track, which are several feet deep? This is a very bad state of affairs, and should be immediately remedied, for the Tuarangi Home should be converted into a children's home and the aged should be allowed to go back and live near their- relatives in their numbered days, in some kind of comfort. MATA WHERO.