NEW NORTHERN ROAD.
WHANGAREI TO KAWAKAWA. [BT '■''' TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ' WHANGAREI, Saturday. As soon as some 15. chains ;' of j road formation has been completed by the contractor near the' boundary between the Whangarei and Bay of Island 1 Counties, a new road wili.be opened between Whangarei and r Kawakawa. % The ; route will be via Ruatangata, Qtehairangi an the Riponui-Jordan-Ramarama Road, or alternately, via ; Purua. ';■ " : ; X~': : '\. ' '■. ;•:- * Mr. Hobbs, the contractor, expects to complete the work in about X ten days' time. The road, which t will be the short-* est route between the ' two centres, he describes as quick drying and negotiable by car.; Metalling has V been done; in places and there ;is -'a good quality of stone available for future use. '.., >.; ..■;■'■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 7
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