CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12595, 2 July 1904, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We are not responsible for the opin ions expressed by correspondents TJj'j w lifer's Dame as a guarantee ol t>ood faitii, niv.sL be enclosed h: il.u letter). A E0A1) TO THi: OIJLIU. To -the Editor. o ; r.— l.i \ our ani.-le of ,J > tv lib. ym mentioned tlnve r-,ads to me o'iiira. \id th" YLokau Ki\ei, tli" OkuuO.lan?aroa Koad, and the I\IoU road— tin- 31okau for c'ioi< c. It is an easily made load. a1;a 1 ; it i^ mostly level till the May, -with the i^ cop t ion of a few mile.. The steepest Grade in thoi-efcw miles is lin ]j. That is the read that 3J r Mackenzie came through on hi-, last trip from (he Olnira. E\cn if there v» as a road to the liokau river, settler.-; in the Ohura could not take cattle and sheep through that way ;it would be too expe:isi\e. Therefore the Okau-Man-yaroa road is their outlet for that pu;poso. besides, that road lias to be made e\ en though there was a road to (in 1 ?>lokau ri\er. 1 an 1 ■ pit. Sir, ii'\ou\\ere acquainted with this road you would not mention the Mokiri road for some time to conn 1 . T would ■ advise you not to come through just now unless you are web-footed. I hone, sir, \ou will do all in your power towards the progress of this^ road, as it is a crying shame the tvay we ha\ c been neglected by the Government this last eifiht years. I hope some abler pen than mi-ie will take this subject in hand, as it is about time we woke up from our lony muddy sleep. —1 em, etc., -70I1X SIIEEHY. Okau, June i2o>th. (We quite asfree with our corresponds.it as to tlie necessity for opening the Okau-Manqaroa :vt caily rs pos-'-ib'e ns it vill certainly be an important stock route. Oar object. however, in specially urging the IV'oLav river route is that it would bring Mangaroa within loss than 20 miles of a steamer, whereas by the Okau or Moki roads it is about 70 miles to the railway and only about 15 miles of the ruad is metalled, while much is unformed. We shall lose no ouporlunity of urging the completion of both the roads mentioned. — Ed. T.FI.)