EAST COAST RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 9

EAST COAST RAILWAY.

n PREMIER'S TOUR. VDVICC TO THR GOVERNMENT [ll\ IttLCT UK — SILCIVF COllh-SrONDEM ] Auckland, Mirch 23 '■■'lii! a-ip'lcai for tho speed v.•completion of-,- • the East Goast•Railway,' tjvo-" Herald" saya v .« •'thejouruey'.of' Sir Joseph .Ward ■Tauranna and Opotiki may help to awaken, Jus - miiid to .the' pressing 'need for tho East v. •:■ Coi<;t Riilwn Vs Dl Findhv Ins \uv sonsilily' fceon' tplliiig '.the peoplis of the South TSlalid," thc?v afts-. deeply concerned m . tlio . . optjnijig of tho North;for. it is from tho . . " 'Sditli that.'manir of .biir bomb; " In':UraYorsin"g>-' tho / East' Coast f J'riinft Minister' has viewed land wlnoh will "-ndt"onlvprovido opportunity -for thousands'', i -find- .tens■•of'. I 'thbusand3' ()f ■.settlors,': but will Vto' i'relievo iir.Ja.'fiiost i'satisfactory' cbiigcstibnf-of.! .' many parts of the . South 1 ' . •Island- ■As' Sir Josoph Ward ought to know, <\ : aiid' does .know,:.it js: far better, that-Sdutlv ; isianclors'-sh'ould conio North'when their nur- -.f'\\■■ '£&!>' 'is too,'strait for 'theriv'tliair.that' they:-'";:. 'sHmiltl '.try - .;their fort'un'bs.v; > in."''■' Australia' '•■ orf Argoritino.'-Thoy. ;do this without hesitation* ■. •/. '■vvliWntJver-' our'; Northern lands are opened "undo? conditions'which givo*thenr good pros- ■ ■ \ pects : ofisuccDSsy'but what aijo.tho prospects.:' •whbro . had '" 'roads • anu 110 , ' 'Yhilwh.ys?:- If-'vSir * sr.id'less'of 'waiting ■uiibil ! iinqs .mnderi constriictioii -were finished, " • and 'more oK discontinuing'lines that can 1 , pay; and. of .pnshing forward' lines" like '-' ■ tU6 'l?aet■ Coast: (which'- will not only pay ," but J • • liibi essential to :±bp;offoetivo.'sottlement of' - ' '■■ great areas of good country), it would bo better for both Islands, •