KAIKOURA A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16850, 2 June 1920, Page 4

KAIKOURA A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

.— 4 • A mooting of the committer of the Kaikoura A. and P. Association was held on Saturday afternoon, Mr T. Ilarlc (president) being in tho choir. Mr J. B. Morrison was elected a member of th» Association. Mr J. Barrett being absent. his motion, "That the committee, of tho Association consist of eighteen members instead of. twentyfour,'' was held over. A circular was received from • the Counci. of Agriculture, intimating that the annual Confci-cnco would be he]d on July 7th and Bth. and asking- that -any remits the Association desired !o have placed on the orderpaper b; s»rt in as curly us possible. The secretary (Afr R. T. Pope) was eleetcd to atiend the Conference. The contractors' for tho construction'of the permanent }*ards on the Shop.- Grounds wrote applying for payment of the balance of their account. It was decided that, as they had not notified the Association that (hey h.-d completed tho contract, and mat th« work had 'therefore not bc.?n pnsoed, tho matter be left in the hands of Mr TV. R. L*cedsr, he to pay the account, provided the. -vork had been carricd out iu accordancc with <h« ccntract. '

TTie di;to of the Show was held over until next meeting. The president, referred to tho visit of the Minister of Public Works to Marlborough, and emphasised the necessity of urging on him that the East Coast Railway be completed with a view to linking up tbe two railhead?.

Mr L. Burney considered it was more important fo get the country settled, instead cf agitating for the railway. ' He had noticed that a large estate in the Ticinity of the r>rooos-ed railway had recently been sold ioi £63.000.

Mr J. Davidson said it was most important that tho question 'of the route of the railway should be settled, and that they should know tho country to be traversed. Was the railway to be placed in tho right position? The railway, to his mind, shou'd traverse the country between tbe three bridges, tbe inland route from Mr Thomas's and through tho Puhi Puhi. It was not his province to say what the Government should do, «ud what routo tho railway should but the Pubi Puhi was settled for the meet part by Government lesseee. There was a good deal of timber in the locality, and the haulage of the timber would provide revenue for the railway. The question of the route should certainly lie touched on. At tbo Biuo Slip work had been done, and the route should be made known. To hisi mind th-> Puhi valley was the best route. Another matter riding', attention was the Clarence bridge, which was in a disgraceful statn. Mr Davidson's remarks wero endorsed by Messrs L. Burnev and D. G. McDonald.

It was agreed to urge the completion of work between the railheads.