DIRECT TO PAEROA

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 59, Issue 4252, 8 March 1950, Page 5

DIRECT TO PAEROA

WHANGAMATA ROAD _______ I MERIT IN PROPOSAL DISCUSSION AT MKSTINO There was meeh merit fa the prepeeed road from Hiketaia to Whaagamata, said Mr J. H. Bartlett at the February misting of

the Faeroe Chamber ef Cmmgm.

Mr Bartlett, who wpo soeretanriof the chamber said that he had Jdtod csrefnlj the article ysMtahed te the issue of the HasraM Plates Gosette of January 18. Ho bad boon indteod to think that the article mtaht have been inaccurate in some roepeoto but upon going over the route he was satisfied that the esMtatimto put forward were correct.

Mr Bartlett stated ftat ho thought there was much merit In the proposal of the road and he was satisfied that it wan’s better route than the present one through Waihi. Mr B. Gwilliam stated . he was familiar with the route and was confident that a good grade was obtainable and the road should be made. It was all a question of whether the

sottlens and lesldratc of Whangp—te , asked for the road. The Gararaahrak departments would take tto notta ef * the chambers of inmmaote Tta *O. •top should be to get the ranters residents get thaw * petition. The chairman, Mr A. G Beultoat expressed the epinira that it vai of much importance to Pharra to have the road mado. Mr Bartlett stated ttat the ararantn of building which had tetan plira to Whangamata in the past iter yarae was most remarkable and thorp was, every posibillty that WSMtgMMte. would rival Mercury Bay as ; sea fishing rarart. The meeting derided to tike h* action until some move was mads hy ' Whangamata , issidrato ''urging the 4 making of the road.