SETTLER WANTS A ROAD.
BUT CANNOT GET It, [BY TELEGRAPH.- OWN COEEIOTOOTOT4 Ta Kern, Wednesday. \ The question of access to native lands, has been raised by an. Aria settler, '-ifi»,; recently wrote to the Waitomo* County,,' Council asking for a road to his section.' j The applicant states that there is no w.' to his section, though a road has beta surveyed to the section from' the cowity road. He wants to get ■timber on to ba - land to build a house. ' ; The chairman of the Council said, .that -' no doubt there were many * settlers in a" , similar position. Ho was afraid the Coun- ; cil could not do anything in'the matter. There had been no rates collected' 06 the property, and there was no money *T«il* able for the work. There were many dif-. ; ficulties in roading this particular d»-, ; tricfc in consequence of the mixture; of; tenure:?, but in most cases the difficulties would be overcome by taking advantage of the Government subsidies to loans. Tha , case under review was probably-too ro»n a work to warrant raising a loan, suite< ,' was 'a problem as to > bow the man cow , be assisted. ■'•'• »>*>} ■ ■ ■ ■ . ■ h f • ~■ ' . *\!i;l '■■■-'■ ■ '"'■'■■:. ■ ' ''. _....
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14923, 22 February 1912, Page 8
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195SETTLER WANTS A ROAD. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14923, 22 February 1912, Page 8
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