THOMPSON'S TRACK.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6968, 28 January 1918, Page 4

THOMPSON'S TRACK.

Question of Maintenance

At Monday's meeting'of^the :Piako County Council a letter from tha member for tbe district (Haa. W. H. Herriee) acknowledged the Council's representations re the maintenance of Thompson's Treck. He is referring the matter to the Public Works Minister. The latter wrote saying before anything further san be doiie towards seting up a commission it will be uecesssry for tiie Piako Council to state whet Iocs! authorities should coDtribute towards the upkeep of the road, and also iti what proportion they should individually contribute, !;-"^X A letter on the same subject fruni tbe Tauranga County Clerk covered a letter frurri the Minister for Public Works, which pouted out that before application for a Commission *3 niade the Piako County should endeavour to arrange in amicable settleinentttif the apportionment of the cost of maintaining this road between tbe local bodies affected. If this fails a (jorr,miseion may be appointed. Cr Fitzgerald nsked which local bodies are interested in ths track. He was of opinion that just as much tiaffic ever thp track came turn Oyctiki and Whakntane as went from Piako. The chairman said the idea was for ObirsiriUri, Piako, Taurangs, and Weikato coui:iiea to contribute to the maintenance. Cr Smith said part of Matamata County stock went *.o Katikati. Ohinemuri ft'uck alao went via Thompson's t3 the extent of about one-third of tbe j total. _ i Ct Fitzgerald said Tauranga maintained ita part of the Track fairly well. Ohineasun would object tn contribute. The Government had put the track in order, and the local should maintain it. C' Thomas: Who ie to psy? Which riding? Councillors: Te Aroha Riding. Cr J. Orr: No fear! If the Track ia put in fpir order I would not object to a fair share of maintenance from ny riding. Cr Fitzgeiald: The Track is in fair order. The people nowadays want a footpath to driva nock over. There are only about 80 breeding cows in Kntikati, so we need not worry about them. The matter was deferred for a committee to investigate later on. Cr ThouißS said the other counties had declined to contribute, us it was now a matter for the Government. Cr Walters Ba<d if the whole county has to contribute then the Waitoa riding on Ohniemuri should also be included.—Te Aroha News.