TAIHAPE-NAPIER ROAD
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE [by telegraph OWN correspondent] ■NAPIER, Friday The strategic importance of the Tai-hape-Napier road in the event of an emergency was stressed at a meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council, which decided that representations be made to the War Council that as a war measure the road be put in order.
Mr. E. H. Beamish said that something should be done immediately to put the road in order for the movement of troops should the necessity arise. He did not expect a road that would last for hundreds of years, but it should be made readily usable and serviceable. At present the only means of moving troops to the Hawke's Bay district was by rail or road through the Manawatu Gorge.
The chairman, Mr. C. C. Smith, said the Manawatu Gorge was likely to be blocked at any time, and it was essential that there should be an alternative route for the movement of troops from one coast to the other.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23761, 14 September 1940, Page 10
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