CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14018, 24 September 1909, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

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BACK-BLOCK ROADS

(To the Editor.)

Sir, — In your issue of the 11th inst -Mr. Moron replies to my letter in thr itudgct of August 14, in which ho says i Mat I am not correct in my statements, fie then quotes dip as saying, "That .'ot uric more chain of the Mangauui Itoad is available for traffic than there wa-5 previous to (he litftt grant of mom 1 ) on this road." His quotation is quite incorrect. I never made, nor ''id my letter contain such a statement. Mr. Moran has conveniently left • •ut tho word "dray" before "traffic," •"'ins « > ntiro!v altering the meaning of 'hi* paragraph to Mitt hi<> own purpose, 'ft* then r«-fers to "five miles of track Vin^ widened" —(quite ti no : surely vc have v right to ox|M*ct that some rood would result from the expenditure f £250')*- -"and that tho ovcrsf-pr has left onoiigh metal at different parts f the **:»!. >noil load to enable metal in Ik? easily carted over the whole ■• ith vorv little added exjK i nso, v and ■ ■ifers thai tiiih was port of the general Wienie. V.'ell. Fir. the inference is not irml. T':e fu-t is' I waited on the ivp-'-cr and nsked him to use the vial. -\ !- ■ h we's lienu', thrown over (lie f1"f 1 " of the i.md, to us* tal tl.e filling •ii'l soft p|jv< . ||r. i >i>linj rhat In- had .o I'limr t.> (I>, i)w* .-is thf /no»i"y wji»w>tod for !orr n'lcn nn'v. This 'is an iiiioiice of tl-e r> tl ta;><> co.ulition , inonloned in my former letter. Tho prac ical oxj erionce and common ,<misp of lie of'icer ii> chnrgc of the road count" 'or fotiiiji^r, md thousands of yard* (f toJ n<<*tal, worth 6s. to 8s per yard ■ n Tarana'i. is thrown over the 'side ami wasted bccuse someone in authority, without auv knowledge or regard if local conditions, says the nionev must not )»- ijs.m! for n stalling. Jt is •nirh timn tho o\penrlitij!o of this l/iollOV (all public rrcn,^) wa -. m the hands of some one or some l.cdv jv> messing biains en >ugl- to discrimmntp l).t*w>en v asteful extravaganc and efficient mil '•ronomical expenditure. I ropoit, sir th<- officer in charge said he had no authority and therefore dare not use ;.ne penny of the grant for milling. I his statement is borne out by the fact that every yard of Ihe metal quarried (lining the process of formation wan thrown over the side* of the ro*l and disappeared into the river or the hollow lie low, and up to almos,t, if not quite, the laot day's contract work done men «ere still throwing this metal away. Now. Mr. A lot an tries to create the fmprcsMon ih.it the .e.tsop the road was not completed as the work proceeded v;fs becaufe the •<*••* „«., left for notttlUnft purposes. Before charginc i»o witl. ii. correct statements he should at least have a little regard for truth. I quite ngree, speaking generally, that Government should not vote money for privatr lotds, th-ugh there may be exceptional circumstances which would warrant it in some cases, and I do not know any case where money has been so voted.' Perhaps Mr. Moran, with his wider knowlodge, ran enlighten me on this question. Your correspondent say.s he ha., worked on the Maiiganui Road anil is desirous of liecoinuig a settler. Tho Jirst part nt tins iviimnincemcnt is, 1 believe, quite true, and as a member of the well-known •Lightening Gang" he is already famous in those parts. As to hi.s desne.s, I am. naturally, not well acquainted with them, but can assure him that a capacity for hard graft anil bulldog tenacity of purpose are two of Uio many absolutely indispensable qualifications of a successful baek-blorks settler I shall Im* pleased to learn that .Mr. Moran has these qiialiliciitious, and th«»t he is employing them on some of the unoccupied bu«,b land in tins neighbourhood, thereby gral living Ins expics«cd desire.— l am, etc-.,

C. LEECH

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