CIRCUITOUS ROUTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 147, 23 June 1934, Page 12

CIRCUITOUS ROUTES.

POSITION AT TE AROHA. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TE AROHA, this day. The Waihou River reached its highest point, on Thursday night. The weather, however, commenced to clear yesterday morning, and by the afternoon the waters had receded by about loin. The Paeroa-Te Aroha main highway at Mangaiti was still about 4ft under water,, and road traffic was still impossible. This necessitated the oil companies sending Te Aroha supplies of petrol from Hamilton. A local picture theatre proprietor, dispatching films to Paeroa, had to send his representative round the Patetonga route. This meant a mileage of over 120, as against the usual 2S. Tho Shaftesbury Bridge is not opciy to traffic consequent upon a huge pile of trees and logs •causing a sag in the structure. The Te Arolia-Gordon Road is still made impossible for traffic owing to the deep seourings by the water, especially at the bends. At one corner fully half an acre of land and roading have been washed away. The three bridges near Wairakau are impassable, the timber and debris having covered the approaches. It is expected that the Piako County Council will incur a heavy loss in the replacement of metal, considerable quantities having been | washed awav. I '