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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 252, 23 October 1919, Page 5

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NORTHERN COUNTIES CONFER. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) !l>c WHAXGAREI, this day. 15 A conference tooK place here yesterday lr of representatives of Rodney, Utamatea, r ' Bay of Islands, and Whangarei Councils, "• to discuss the question of continuity of c ' the main road road system through the v North. The chair was occupied by Mr. m .1. R. ilclnnes chairman of the Wha- •° ugarei County), who welcomed the deless gates, and expressed the hope that the ' c conferences would be continued upon k- ! matters affecting the districts in the \° peninsula. IB | Day of Islands County moved that * c the route of its main road he as fol-d-jlows: Whangarei to Kawakawa, Ohaea;l " i wai, Okaiha\i, Waihou Valley, Rangiaen 'hua, Mangamuka, Victoria Valley, and re |Kaitaia. this was agreed to. ! When it came to the choosing of a 'y route through Whangarei County, some at ; (lisenseion ensued. A route through ■ Whangarei, Mangapai. Ruarangi, Mean i Carroll's Gap and Maungaturoto was proer ! posed, but it was pointed out that the et J council had already declared the route '"■' through Waipu ami Ruakaka to be a n S main road. To carry tlie route further nJ south it was proposed to make the route ot through Otumatea from Topuni, Tihana o,_ Wellaford, Wayliy. Hoteo, Kaipara Flats; *° , Woodcocks and Ahuroa, but after con-sid-ICE tra'ble discussion it was decided to hold a ; further conference at Maungaturoto at • c " a later ilate. In trie meantime the ene>" gineera of Waitemata, Otamatea, Rod"g iley. Hobson and Whangarei are to 4>e asked to go over the routes and as recommendations. It was left to we t'fi Ctamatea County to convene the next meetimr. , ■ i e j all. In a^further discussion it ivaa dee '° (in; to ask the Government to give a sut ' s ' - f 1H of £3 for £1 towards the upkeep of . main arterial Koade.