WAITANGI

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21921, 3 October 1934, Page 15

WAITANGI

Sir, —1 claim to be a direct descendant of one of the oldest families in the Bay of Islands. My mother arrived here in 182;], and it was her first husband who built Busby's house at Waitangi. 1 have read with great interest all the letters that appeared in the Hkuald relating to Waitangi and the Bay of Islands. Some complain that money has been wasted, others advocate spending more in forming • parks, golf courses, etc. The only reasonable complaint 1 can hear is from the old settlers who live within three miles of Waitangi, who complain that the road should have been pushed on another three miles, giving them an outlet. There arc 22 ratepayers here, who have been paying rates for years, some for 40 years, and have not had one cent spent on a road to let them in or out. Those who are dairying have a very hard row to hoe. They have to depend on the boat, which, in bad weather, does not call. All the cream has to be carried to a boat, there being no road of any kind. They had the unemployed making the road to their boundary, and it would only have taken them four or five weeks to put it into touch with these settlers. H. Johnson. Bay of Islands.