Carrying Right through Home Country from Edinburgh to Warren Rds.
Road-building operations that are being carried on over some well-known hunting country between the present terminus of Great Western Road and the Rubicon wil) result in the completion during the year of one the finest and longest straight highways -constructed by the Municipal Council.
The new road, which being a continuation of Great Western Road will be known as such, is to be 70 feet broad and its track, already laid out, covers a distance of 2t miles from Edinburgh Road corner to the junction of Hungjao and Warren Roads.
Its construction opens up immense possibilities for tha speculative builder, as owing to the absence of large creeks in the area, there seems little likelihood of its becoming an industrial centre. It is therefore likely to be looked upon as a popular residential quarter in the years to come, while the new road woud form its main traffic artery.
There will be parallel riding and motor-tracks, the latter being laid with cinders as are the other roads beyond the Settlement. The highway on leaving the metalling of the present Great Western Road follows the Fahwah Line alongside the creek of the name, which it is eventually to cross by a 40 feet bridge. The latter will probably not be completed until after the next Ratepayers' Meeting. Two other small bridges will span One Wide River and Vermin Creek. A short southern arm will be built to connect the road with Avenue Haig.
By taking the new road, motorists driving from the western district or from town vid Bubbling Well Road will save 20 minutes on the journey to Hungjao. Chinese will especially be benefited. Farmers and others bringing produce to market from the Hungjao_neighbourhood, will find that the distance can be shortened by from five to eight miles by using the new road.
It has for weeks past been the" subject of comment: in the Chinese press, which has reported on_several occasions that coolies have been held up by Chinese police inspectors anxious for "Ohina's s0- verein rights." As a matter of fact the work of construction has gone on practically without interruption. Protests have been made. by local Chinese officialdom which, however, is believed to be labouring under a misapprehension regarding the Council's powers in the matter, the Land Regulations, upon which the very existence of the Settlement depends, it is stated that public utilities such as roads or places of recreation may be laid~ out outside limits if property owners agree to sell their land, at
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