PROPOSED PRISON CAMP.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 24, 5 March 1914, Page 9

PROPOSED PRISON CAMP.

TONGARIRO PARK. Press Association. . TAIHAPE, March 4. In connection with the rumour that the Government is establishing a prison camp in Waimarino, it is now definitely announced that the camp will be situated four miles "from the Waimarino railway station. Accommodation will be provided for 14 officers and men, but this will be increased as time goes on. The gang will be first employed in making the road from Waimarino to Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, reducing the distance as compared with the present Waiouru route, by over 14 miles. When this is completed the labour is to be used in forming roads and tracks about Mount Ruapehu, and otherwise developing the Tongariro National Park.