PURIRI BLOCK

Northern Advocate, 6 February 1934, Page 3

PURIRI BLOCK

ROADING QUESTION. SCHEMES DISCUSSED. i ' I The purchase of tho Pnriri Timber I Company’s properly at Kalngaroa for 1 settlement lias brought the question of roadiug into prominence, and there is a hope by old settlers that in proi viding for new settlement, the general requirements of the district will be considered. There are some pioneer settlors who, up to the present, are rather badly served, and one of those, Mr A. A. Riley, is concerned lest his access road, which could be made to j serve conveniently a large area, will be excluded from any reading scheme adopted, leaving him to contend with I his present disabilities for many years to come. 1 Mr Riley expected that the road to j his property would become a through 'road, and says that the existing legal head would serve settlement far better than any road now proposed. It 1 'could be linked up with Fisher’s Road, j ! and satisfactorily form part of the ; | circuit around Church Road. . .] ! Another settlor, Mr. H. E. Champion,! is much interested in"prbposed roading; schemes and is of the opinion that be- | fore anything definite is done a gen- 1 j oral view should be taken of the re- j quirements of the district, and a route j determined upon, which will give satis- i faction to all. Roth these settlers are inclined to think that too much con- | sideration is being given to Kaitaia’s I claims as a centre, and suggested that i road construction, as proposed, would , cut out Awanui and influence all busi- | ness towards Kaitaia. ' j Mr Champion is particularly inter- I ested in having a bridge constructed j on his access road, which could be | made to serve Brown’s Block, recently j purchased by the Government. Ac- j cording to Mr Champion, a sum of 1 £71)0 was granted by the Government j for this bridge, and has not been ' taken up. The piles and stringers are | on the ground, so it would appear j that the work is to be done, when a j convenient time arrives. Meanwhile, | Mr Champion has to pack all that goes i from and comes on to his farm. In j this manner he has had to transport j 2 tons of wire, grass seed for sowing { 5C acres and 10 tons of manure, as j well as his cream. j The prospect of settlement offered j by the Puriri block is much discussed I by the adjoining settlers, and it is be- j lieved by some that unless a portion j of the timber is allowed to remain at j the upper end of the Valley to con- j servo the water, some of the future j settlors will suffer from a shortage of water and will find it difficult to carry on during the summer months.