WAITEMATA—MANUKAU CANAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 78, 31 March 1908, Page 6

WAITEMATA—MANUKAU CANAL .

_By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WE_J_EN T GTON, this day. Mr. __. Atkinson, who is one of the originators of the Mannkau-Waitemata Canal service, in reply to a question put j to him by a "Post" reporter as to whether the TamaJd-Waitemata canal idea •was likely to be further developed, said there "was not much information of that , route available, whereas the whole matter had been gone into most thoroughly as far as the other work was concerned. - In common, with other citizens of Auckland, he would welcome any route which gave Auckland short canal communication with the Manukau, and thence to tn e West Coast. He had recently visited England and Holland, and had paid particular attention to the canalisation of parts of these countries. In England the idea seemed to be to make Birmingham a canal centre. There had been a great revival oi traffic in the United Jxmgdoin, and the Dutch were as energetic as ever they were in makin" and maintaining inland waterways. Extensive canal works were in hand 'in __r____y linking up inland manufacturing dis--ricts with the chief seaports.