VALUE TO ANGLERS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 93, 13 January 1939, Page 10

VALUE TO ANGLERS

New Road From Taupo To Western Bay PROGRESS OF WORK Appreciative reference was made by a party of Wellington anglers who returned from the thermal district yesterday to a new road that is being constructed betweeu Taupo township and Western Bay. It was claimed that the road would provide access for anglers and visiting sightseers to a part of Taupo which was, during bad weather, rivalled iu the district from the point of fishing and scenic attraction. There had not previously been a useable road to Western Bay and the one now being made by the Government would, when completed, popularly serve its purpose to fishermen and other visitors to Taupo. \ 'Tlie new road from Taupo township to Western Bay is being constructed by the Public Works Department at the instance of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr.- Parry. One mile and a half of the road has been formed and metalled and an additional length of one mile will be completed early in February. Motor-cars can now proceed readily for 21 miles from Taupo township. \ The remaining part of the work is somewhat heavier than that which has been completed, and as apparently difficulty is being experienced in obtaining sufficient labour; a few months will elapse, before the work is finished.

“The view of anglers that Western Bay Road will bo a notable convenience to visitors to Taupo and an asset to the township is shared by the Government," Mr. Parry said in a statement yesterday.