WANGANUI'S INLAND COUNTRY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12829, 23 July 1909, Page 6

WANGANUI'S INLAND COUNTRY.

I^Ohamtoer of Oommerce Deputation to IW»riifct«rs. Mr. Mackenzie, Unsympathetic Mr, Buddo Promises to do His (By Telegraph.— Special to HEitALD.) '->i> • ' WELLINGTON, July 225-iH 'The deputation -from the AVangaarfeiv 'Chamber of Commerce which waited Aia *\ tlie Hon. T. .Mackeazie yesterday did nst i ' receive much encouragement trom that | Minister, though the Hon. Mr Buddo was nuich more considerate. ; TFhe depulatiou urged that the time was opportune to push on the interior roads, as Ihe unemployed were cryil*^""dut for work. N "^ Mr MaeKjenzic said emphatically that hp was not going to undertake otKer than legitimate work for the- unemployed, and he questioned whether, if the land refer-, red to by the deputation were opened, it would be taken up. In reply, the deputation pointed out that the land in the Aim Ahu block, which was rougher than the land purchased in Whakihuwaka and Taumatamahoe by the' •Ltate,'waß quickly taken Up .when the road was Commenced, and the same results would follow the roading of the' blocks in question along the Watershed (Ridge) icoad. ' ■ * The Minister retorted that the Lands Department had no. money, and' the matter brought before' him was one for the Lands Department to deal with.' vjf that Department found the money he > as Minister of Public Works, would undertake to do 'the road.- 'Her, promised to^make- in- 1 : quiries re' the- un^mnle^d section of theRiver BankErtad gj^#>&4ellt bank, about ' six or ten chains,- jmuLJmVe 1 lili'UOmpletedi if not too expensive, and would, also makfe inquiries. ,f| the üßfaftraplratlfl? sectren oi Hne AhU Ahu Road,. -Wiien -tbe estimates were framed the, Earcigara Roid woujd get its fair proportion. v , The depjit^tion, later on, waited on, Mr Buddo, Acting-Minister of , Lands, *nd pointed out that 'the State . had sunk a large sum in the purchase of over 50,000 acres in the blocks mentioned, and said that Mr MacKenzie had stated that his Department would" do the roads if tha Lands Department found the money. •' Mr Buddo admitted that the argument that the Government should g ive access to its own land was sound, but said the cost- of the road would necessitate heavyloading of the land, which mi'Th't" make it a prohibitive price for the man of small means, whom the Government wsis 'anxiou's to assist. The Government toad .already^ considered the question of starting bushfelling on that portion of the Taumatamahoe block through which the T&ngaijakau -River ran, and opening the block a,t that end-, .but had abandoned the idea , for the present. The bushfelling in 1 the E jlangitatatt block was |S- thV'vicinity '-of ' jlljie blocks mentioned by T the deputation, , jj.Pa '"the Cfevernment was considering the ' Best way of opening the latter up". They has beetf advised that the cost would' be - cionsiaerably more than'.£l6,6oo to-dd'the „Wat6rshed" ;l ßoad, and ifrwas a question of ways' and nieans. The Lands Department 'jtould'reqMi'e assistance from tW Public. ; TVorks "^epa-rtment; 6ri'' H wh?cn"l;here f ~\t£k 'alreaay a very large drain. 'The. lsririt at Jlangitatart, on which' the bush. Vas being felled, would be placed on the market at an ' early date, and settled about the end f of this year. ' Then attention would be demoted ' to the lands referred to by the deportation / He # recognised "'that other means of ' 'access 'than -rfte. river were' required for these blocksiiL'-The* representations of the deputation would be fully considered, " and' the Waterslied Road would l>e' opened up as speedily as funds permitted, y .

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