PROGRESS OF THAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 214, 6 September 1912, Page 7

PROGRESS OF THAMES.

ITS FUTURE PROSPERITY. (From Out Own Correspondent.) THAMES, Thursday. ■At the conferences between members m the Thamas School Committees and the chairman and members of the Auckland Education Board. Mr. G. .T. Oarland (chairman of the Board) said he was very -favourably impressed .with the progress the Thames had made, and with the manifest evidence of permanent prosperity th? district .provided. In tile matter of educational grants the Board had pcrhtupe been "chary on account of the apparent non-perman-?ncy of the district, due to the mining fluctuations. "Hut now, , ' said Mr. Gar? ■and, "I smell butter about and the prospects look brighter.' , Mr. A. Burns (member of the Education Board) said that at one time the Held had depended entirely on mining, tnd when that industry was slack, there ivas a general slump," but land , settlement (had done a lot and would do more, and other elements -were at work to ensure the permanent prosperity of thp district. Mr. J, A. Miami (Wado-karaka school) ißked the members of the Board to iisaJbuse their minds and those of others is to any doubt aibout the future i progress and permanent prosperity of the district. The opening up of the Hauraki lands had been one 'factor to that end, «nd the progress of settlement and industries generally had been another. Together with the permanent industries mining could be carried on and assisted, but Thames was now more than a mininjr centreit was n. district where agiri™ltural, pastoral, and induetria) matters would send it to the front. There was p. vast area, of unoccupied land lying at Thames' door, and if this were opened up the district -would go ahead in a rema-rkn-We manner. Land was increasing in value, houses were at a premium, and there were signs of progress and prosperity all round. Subsequently at the Raillie Street :»cliool the Mayor (Mr. H. ipxeesed forward the claims of the district, and said that Thames had entered into a Dew ami permanent era of prosperity. The settlement of tJie land and tie. prosecution of works of public Hoportnee, together with tlie ennoiHujjement of industries, were .such that tjip district hud now reached a condition o>f permanent prosperity, and the future of the dit--tri<*t was brighter than ever. Messrs. Garland .and Harris expressed their pleasure at -hearing such, remarks, and said their eyes had 'been' opened since they had come to Thames. TJhey were impressed -with its potentialities and trusted the future would be blight indeed. -\