General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 272, 17 November 1945, Page 4

General News

Dredge Kaiono When last heard from by radio the dredge Kaioiie, en route to Brisbane, was 487 miles from Castlecliff. She did 177 miles yesterday, her average speed being 7.j knots. Road Open to Jeeps! “Is this road open to vehicular traffic during the summer months?” asked the chairman of the Wanganui County, Cr. A. H. Collins, when a settler waited on the council at its monthly meeting yesterday and asked that a short back-country road be improved. The settler: “It depends on what sort of traffic you mean. A jeep could get up there, certainly.” The chainman said the council was sympathetic to the request, and with the engineer would go into the question of improving the road. Line Interference

Trees growing on the side of Concord Line, Kaitoke, were interfering with telephone lines, stated the district engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department in a letter to the Wanganui County Council at its monthly meeting yesterday. The department requested that the trees be cut back as soon as possible. The county engineer, Mr. R. R. Dawson, commented that the cutting of trees on the Kaiwhaiki Road which were causing line interference was carried out at considerable expense, but after the work had been completed the de : partment moved its lines to the other side of the road. The new request was referred to the engineer. Trip Into Back Country. Appreciation of the hospitality received from Wanganui River settlers and Maoris when representatives of the Wanganui County Council travelled to Pipiriki for the purpose of discussing rating questions with native property-owners, was expressed by Cr. W. Craig at the monthly meetingxyesterday. Crs. Craig and R. A. Bamber and the county clerk, Mr. S. L. Orr, made the trip. “We left Wanganui at eight o’clock in the morning and did not reach Pipiriki till 7 p.m., but there was not a moment when Cr. Bamber and the county clerk were not engrossed in some work or other,” said Cr. Craig. “It was strenuous finding all these property owners, but we interviewed between 15 and 20 Maoris.” Cr. Craig commented that settlers on the way to Pipiriki, both pakeha and Maori, were very hospitable and gave the party every possible assistance. Kaitoke Hall Parking Provision of car-parking facilities at the Kaitoke Hall would be a simple matter, reported Cr. L. A. Mackintosh, at the monthly meeting yesterday of the Wanganui County Council. He added that following a request from the Kaitoke Hall Committee, he inspected the locality with the county engineer. Mr. R. R. Dawson. “It is only a matter of cutting the land back in places and levelling the road in order to provide a good parking area,” said Cr. Mackintosh. The engineer said the area outside the hall was very cramped at present, with the result that parked cars created a danger to passing traffic. The cost of levelling the road in several places back to the fence would be only about £l2 to £l5. The county approved of this work being done, and it was stated that a subsidy from the Main Highways Council would most likely be available.