THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14822, 22 October 1920, Page 5

THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

By Teie«raph. (Special to the Oaraaru Mail.) VTKU.IXGTOX. Ocu»lkt -'2. Th-- I'tM'u- Work* .Stutnncut will ho pr»- t >itt.ii tn-nij;iu. H iiniii;ttc- a ;nH iVKttniptr.m t*t' an ;u tiv,- ili"v-et»|>iii.--it in>li«-y. The i.ihor |:t»uiuii ha.* imprwv«il. tli.- Jliiiisitor .-hi>»»ii; that the immI'ht i>t i rn|>ft>yt-v.-> has iiu-rt;i*«l hv iii'l-' in th.- l.t-t t.-w month-: but lie u-lii? rtiort. fi.irtifttbrty upon ;t nett" i«ttcy o! tilt- »'\C«-!isiv.- ti.-e ««f iin-chanica! i-.v.i----vaioi> anil tractors ti»r roail and railway lon-triu-tion. ThirU-vn u-ill U* hmilvd thi> w.-fk. and a further ;M. aith It»»riiotiv,» triit-ks.. art- to t'f.l--luw. 'I hj- atirtiini-tratton «t' the AVorkj l-t----partmvrit t> r>«nriK i-ontf»l<-teiy ovcrhault-.£. hi a.-, to <k'f»»u;:il«. re.-polis-ibility .ii;d iviturt> tt-ntßili!>»tiim. rnablinii mm >n i-luirj;.- tm dirtftty .-itprrvi--- work, instead ui heitiy ix-«-itptrii with dmaiis of adrnini.-tration. Tin- amoHiu proptis.-fl for pufo'ir wt;rl«. «-\p«.-nciit(ir«- r- t"l.:ir2.l>«>. i,t wliii h .i. sunt will be devoted to th<- improvi-mrnt of existing railway- on th.- lines of Mr Hiley't- ,r.7th»- niei-hiinirut loiiftriiction plant only on the most important, lines, which ran hn tti a point I the rno-t rapidly. The yeneraf order «il I prm-edirrv includes the Otira tunnel in the Sortth Island, together with several r-tiuilf railways, the eumplrtfon of whi.h will tap farther •coat Vhe - ruo-t important North Island work is the East ("oast line. ■Tatlranga-'Waihi s-Ttiott. -tn mites of which has iwen i:ori:.tru;-tett. Fntt are disconnected. 1 inMinister regards reliable road comttw:-tiii-atiort between Napier and Gtsbjrnc ,is more rtrsrent. tiian a railway, which. , 'v.viny; t.i the bad nature of the loimtry. would take manv vears to compt--".e. He i> ailotating a *f-If>.*)oO vote iW the N'apier-ttt-bome r«»d. with the object • >f rompietttn; it ah-eaii of the railw-iy. \Vlnt'iii the Wjuiht-Tantanjra rail coniitc- '. :ion iri complete the construction t-i,i----•hinery will be devoted to the Xapi. r- '. iiisborne section, about two years nenee. The r-tatement shows that an active j ;i.i[u-y of development of hydro-electricity , ?\ Cia Fiv (utrsu-ed. The Awapnni Com- - :he site for tfie dam iis practically scented, and a commencement made *ith the preliminaries of Waikarvmn- '. vtva. tor which a vote of £l7o.0f)0 is - :aken. It i.-» announced that the Ckuvernment vitl introduce iegiislatioii providtns: ier f ;he eoit-trTtction and matntenamx" i-.i uaiti road-.