(To the Editor.)

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5489, 30 March 1910, Page 2

(To the Editor.)

S{r/—T drove last week? with a party from ilatamata throwgh K»invai to r raura«ga, atxl was isurprised to note Iho vast <li(Tetwiee in tho. conditioa of the road |on the 3l>l«r niata side compared with that on the Taurani v 4a J;wio. If 'tho 'Taurn.nga. side the road is ncfelccted much longer it will be impossible for tihj Kaimai settlers to drive into th« j town. whktr, of course, means that all business with those settlers will be done |Ln Matomata. Tlhe ruts on the roa<l at present in m«.ny places «.ve almost iup to the axles of the vthicle. For my own pant I .would -not Uslynk of j-Iriving back, und so hay« to leave nij vehicle in Tauranga i'and ride. I Jnwe read niamy reports cvjnceming , the Tauranga County Council, an^ agree with many of the extronie apathy of tiho sarnie Council. 1 hear on, fche best authority that the Council have sufficient money in hand to improve tin© T,aura.r.rgyi .sjd<?,-<llut \ L .ixey.- coom.

to prefer koepliitj the monej' idle instead of studying tho ])rosi)ects of [the district 'niwi tho (comfort of the travelling public. Thairkin-g you for space and ho-p---iir< something jnmy be done in the near future.— l am., etc., iFKEDTv. WELLS.