The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1913.

Waipa Post, Volume V, Issue 209, 2 May 1913, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1913.

The Paterangi branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union at its last meeting considered the advisability of taking steps to bring about the opening for traffic of the unused road linking the present Paterangi-Ngaroto Road with the Te Awamutu-Pirongia Road. As a result of the meeting the settlers of that locality have determined that a petition be presented to the Waipa County Council urging that the road be | made available for traffic. The re-opening of the road means an immediate saving in the travelling distance between Te Awamutu and Paterangi of about two miles, and for this reason alone, if for no other, it is a question of some very considerable importance, not merely to those residents in the immediate vicinity of Paterangi, but of Te Awamutu and a'l the adjacent districts. It would provide a means of deviating a large portion of the rapidlyincreasing traffic passing over the road between the Te Awamutu railway and Mangapiko—a portion of road that suffers on account of the heavy and regular traffic during the winter months j This surveyed road which it is i proposed to make available lor traffic is by no means a new one, for, although never graded, it (• was regularly used by the early I settlers as a bridle track. The j rapid advancement made in the I settlement of those districts more | directly concerned brings with it the need of more satisfactory reading, and, where practicable, a reduction of the travelling distances. This proposal is a good one, and one deserving of very serious consideration by the Waipa County Council, which is | to be asked to give authority for the expenditure of the necessary moneys for the opening to traffic ol this road. But whilst there is much to commend this proposal, the possibilities of a road linking Tawhiao Street and the Paterangi Road at Ngaroto station must not be lost sight of. This road would serve the dual purpose of lessening the travelling distance between Te Awamutu and the Ngaroto and Paterangi districts, and at the same time would touch on the proposed “ Green Mill ” domain. It should not be a very difficult matter to arrange with Mr Wm. Taylor to effect an exchange by closing the present surveyed load and taking a sufficient area adjoining the Railway Department’s boundaries. We trust that the representations now being made will be favourably considered, and that, at a very early date, stepwill be taken to open to traffic a road which will lessen the travelling distances between the localities concerned, it is a matter of very considerable importance to the whole of the district, as our future success will be very largely resultant upon the proper reading of all districts —roads which will link the pre-

duceras closely as possible wiib his market town. The Patcrangi branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, from which institution this proposal emanates, is deserving of no small amount

of commendation, for to agitate for better reading, and more of it, is to pave the way for future prosperity of the Te Awamulu district.