DEVELOPING THE NEW COUNTRY.
■:,■ It.is.worthy.of .note (writes a Dominion correspondent) , that 'with the opening'■' of'the 1 Mam:iTrunk lino, 1 -the. battle ; hascommenced 'between.the; Auckland arid Wei- ; lingtoh provincial'merchants. ■ So far, trade 1 from'. Onakune southwards may bo' said to belong to .the .Wellington end,,, arid-further northwards, to Auckland. There are, however; more Auckland travellers south of Ohakune tbanthore are-bf: Wellington .men north T of. that .locality.. ,An exception occurred ini the case of an enterprising Palmerston North .firm, which: invaded Waikato, and subsequently sent almost a train load of cereals and seeds right (into .the'heart of the Auckland province. It is generally considered that Palmerston North and Wanganui "merchants will.- reap: the greatest direct benefit hy the opening up of the new country.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 5
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