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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5774, 26 February 1912, Page 5

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(To the K<litor.)

Sir, —It appears from We,lirsila\'s Times that in reply to at i.-li'irriuu fr o iu tin.' Auckland Railways' i"League, Mr \V, 11, Merries, member for Taurunga. has wired that "he will do all lie can to get thy railway start<Ml at the Waihi end." .May T ask, Sir, what steps the Tauranga Kail way League is taking ut this conjuncture to ensure, at. the very least, the early construction <>f ihe link to connect the i>orougtt witlvHu* 'IV Puke line? Mr Merries owes his position as member of ihe I louse, with the certain'y of a portfolio in the new .Ministry, mainly to the loyal support he has received from his constituents in <his I'.orough for many years past, and 1 think it: would lx l well if, at this crisis. }v reserve1*! hisl efforts r*' railway eon st.ruction for the benefit ol the people to whom he is so much indebted. Auckland has risen to its present position as 1 h<> premier City of New Zealand by its persistent, set fish, ami unscrupulous barraekini: for a giant's share of thy plums in the (.'overninent basket, fn its <lei determination thai the East ('oast lim 1 ahivll )>y Ktartod tit t.lvo Waihi end, it hopes to steal a tnari:h on our neglected town ami in the slow progress of the line southward to absorb the trade en route anil so frustrate the legitimate aspiration^ of Tauranga. It is time Uial Tnuranga—the Cinderella of New Zealand ports—should 'herself, throw off her lethargy, and push her ntrong claims for a share of Ihe go o d things going. It is only by such methods that this old. historic township can 'hope to get her just dues in the way of public expenditure recognised.—l am. etc., n. .r. m.\ m.