SETTLERS' LACK OF ROADS.
1 COMPLAINT IX OPOTIKI COUNTY, j [lit TELEGRAPH SPECIAL OORRESPONDEN'T.] j WTTAK'.TAXE. TTmrsdsv. i' A DKfrTATTON' of C rown tenants from 1 - Waioeka, Otara. TY.kahi. and Tutitoko asked the Minister for Lands at Whakatane this evening to improve the access to ; their back-block properties. It was stated ! that there were only bridle tracks in the ; district, and eve'vthins; had to lie packed a considerable distance. When the land hr.d Keen thrown open 12 vears ano a promv-e had I een made that" the district would be roaded, but this had not been done. In the a lock a district there were 18 families who h.-.il cnlv a bridle track : for 30 mile.". Mr. Guthrie said he sympathised with the settlers, and if there' re- . mained any of their maintenance ,»r an t he : mi-lit assist the Public Work- "llepart- ' j ment to complete at least the main road ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16870, 7 June 1918, Page 4
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152SETTLERS' LACK OF ROADS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16870, 7 June 1918, Page 4
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