CO-OPERATIVE WORKS.

Evening Star, Issue 12875, 26 July 1906, Page 6

CO-OPERATIVE WORKS.

IMPASSABLE ROADS AND PROHIBITORY ’ FREIGHTS. * WANGANUI, July 26. Each day emphasises the difficulty of forwarding material for the construction of the line and getting provisions through to the workers on the Ohabune section of the Main Trunk Railway. The men loudly complain of the excessive cost of food, freights now being £l2 to £ls per ’ion from Pipirild to Ohakune. The ‘Herald’ suggests that a light tram-line should be constructed on the wood cordurov to give a footing for the horses, thus saving cutting up the road, which is almost impassable. The ‘ Herald ’ also advocates the creation of a housing arid feeding department under the Public Works Office to deal with the accommodation, sale, and transport of provisions, which it thinks the best method of enabling men to live at reasonable rates, especially tboa< who have to remit money to their wives and families.