PURANGI DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 July 1931, Page 3

PURANGI DISTRICT NEWS

(From Our Own Corre®pondent.)

June wa® a seasonable month with some severe frosts and an occasional bleak, cold, windy day, but nevertheless we are getting through the winter and stock are mostly in good heart. The worst part about the stock is the price of it, but one thing is that if you sell cheaply you can buy cheaply. The roads are in fair order in most cases, with a few slips after very heavy rain, but this has 'been mainly caused through the roads in the district being recently widened. After this winter is°over little trouble should come from that quarter, as most powder shakes will have come down.

Rain fell on eleven days in June, with a total of 7.50 in, the heaviest fall being on the 12th (1.54 in and the 13th. Last year 2.01 in fell on seven days and for 1929 13.94 in on seventeen days.

The riding road rate this year will remain the same as last year —Is Id in the £ unimproved value; the rest of the ridings in the Stratford county are being reduced.

The county ha® been waiting since October to hear what the subsidy will be. for the Mangaoapa Road £1750 loan. A £3 for £1 subsidy was granted for part of this road (62 chains) in the Reform Government’s time, alsj in Sir Joseph Ward’s time. Maitau has a £3 for £1 subsidy granted for a £4OOO loan to metal part of the main and side road, but the matter Is held up pending the Mangaoapa loan, as this road connects with the Moha'ka Road metal at Kiore and the Junction Road near Purangi, while the Matau south road touches the Mangaoapa Road 62 chains from Kiore. Another drawback is an unsafe tunnel nine chains long near Kiore. The Ngatimaru riding has been trying for a subsidy towards relining a portion of this for some time, so far without success. A notice is posted at both ends warning the public they enter at their own risk. The roofing boards have rotted in places, and as much as two tons of papa have fallen at a time. One of the largest falls was while the Pubic Works men were stationed at Kiore, some on the Alatau south and some on the Mangaoapa Road, doing widening work. Why will they widen roads for two and in places three cars to pass, and yet leave a few chains of tunnel that make it unsafe for the settlers, some of whom have been 30 years in the district, and the travelling public to use? The euchre and dance party held by the hall ladies’ committee on July 2 was well attended. Winners were Mrs. J. S. Fletcher (7 points) and Mr. Bert Mathews (10 points). The Purangi Football Club will hold a dance to-night. Buses are being run from Inglewood and Tarata.