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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 150, 20 March 1936, Page 15

The construction of the main south Westland road is proceeding as rapidly as possible, said Mr, R. Trevor Smith, engineer to the Public Works Department, Greymouth, after a tour to South Westland. The excavations for the piers and anchor foundations for tiie big suspension bridges over the Cook and Fox rivers are being proceeded with, so that the actual construction work will be In hand as soon as the reinforcing and other structural steel arrive. Road formation between and beyond these bridges is being gone on with, and with the approach of winter, access beyond will be easier, allowing the work on the road to proceed. Investigations of the crossings, and surveys of the Karangarua River and Havelock creek are being carried out, to enable bridges to be designed. It is proposed to put in hand an investigation of the 50-mile stretch from Bruce Bay to Haast, and probably a survey of the route will be undertaken, although as yet there has been no suggestion that this work will be put iu hand. London’s swimming baths and pools were used by 7,000,000 bathers last year.