RANGIRIRI HILLS ROAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 6

RANGIRIRI HILLS ROAD.

GREAT IMPROVEMENT.' . > 40 MILES AN HOUR POSSIB^M 40 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. > MOTORING IN THE NORTH ' ' ' .v'-g The condition of' the. Rangiriri m road was the subject of a report by fa m J. B. King, to a meeting of the General I 8 Committee of the Auckland Automobile V § Association last evening. ' Mr. King said a good job had been I made of the road improvement,' particu. § Tarly on the section from Mercer to the - | old flax mill. The road was now in sntia good condition that a speed of 40 mil tt ' /1 could be ' maintained without trouble. There was only one bad spot and that was near the Devil's Elbow, where the 'f deviation was to come in. It was the 1 first time he had seen the road in ench I good repair. Rain would affect the road 1 to a certain extent, but he thought thwili still would be able to get through. Water',':, 1 did not get a chance to lie on the top \i of the road. f On the motion of the chairman, Mr-5.-".* M. H.Wynyard, it was agreed that the 'F> Public Works Department be thanked i for the prompt'action it had taken, -and®! that its attention be drawn to the Bad H i patch near the Devil's El Dow. . . .y ; Mr. G W. Hutchison, referring to the ■/ association's recent, northern tour, said it had proved to be one of the ripest . func-' '(- tions they had ever organised, and the ' • people of the northern district were look®.:;ing to it being made an annual fundfon; The motorists of Warkworth desired to., form a branch of the association, with V membership of 70, and at Whangan , where a branch had been formed, it wjj expected there would be a membership V, J-' of 200. • v ' }■ The chairman said he considered the' fc northern districts would become i,.-% favourite touring ground of the Dominion. £ The scenery . was beautiful, and there were a number of harbours and arms of the sea of particular interest. J ,' jj —_____