NEW FREEZING WORKS

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5342, 1 December 1919, Page 5

NEW FREEZING WORKS

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TO BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY

DEVELOPMENT OF EAST COAST

w HI | kS Met. asssss^-s^aal work in connection witli the ereSm rf the new works. section oi .^H v in the course of a chat Wl i 1 a t 11 ? 168 reporter, said that the scheme had progressed so tar that thev were ready tb start the preliminiv work of reading and levelling the A preparatory to the erect inn A A te 7f ■ffl swit'be'sa TOS SHS-SSe generously donated ten acres of landto the company. 1 10 I he new wprks when operations commence sard the chairman of the provismnal directors, will eventually drain a large stretch of fine country from the \\ouipu river to the Kaukokoi? an Sin? 1 !? somprißGS5 omprißGS some of the best when “fnllv i m , Nm * Zealand, which WJIUI fully developed and with the natn e land settled, will carry an enormous number of stock. This district at present is not more than half developed. the Government had bought several large areas of bush laud which it was hoped will soon be cut up and divided among returned soldiers. The property bought from Air H DeLautour by Air K. S. Williams and other members of the Williams family, was situated some twelve to fourteen miles from the proposed works, and comprised about 5000 acres of some of the finest land m the district, and when , U P „ au d settled by returned men, should form a very prosperous community. As there was at present a school on the property, as the district grows every provision will be made for educational facilities. The roads in the 'district had been much destroyed during the last four or five years by floods, said Mr Aletcalfe. there having been exceptionally heavy rainfalls during that time, but it was fioped that conditions would improve as the seasons appeared to be going back to normal again. At present the settlers were greatly handicapped by want of a bridge oyer the Waiapii river. Work was being carried on at the bridge by the Government, but progress was very slow. Once this bridge was finished it would put Te Araroa within twelve hours' car run from Gisborne, provided the roads were dry

This whole district had great possibilities before it, proceeded our informant. During the last few years a considerable area of land had been leased from Maoris and was being broken in both by pakehas and Maoris. There was still, however, much virgin land which was retarding the progress of the district by not being productive and not paying rates. The sooner this fine country was opened irp and developed by settlement the better it will be for the advancement of the Coast as a whole, and it would in no small measure solve the problem of roads and bridges—proper access being the need of the district. In view of the fact that, the Government professed to be anxious to find land for the settlement of soldiers, they could show their sincerity by taking advantage of the splendid 'opportunity afforded them in this extensive and rich area of country. .