THREE NORTHERN LINES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 9

THREE NORTHERN LINES.

BIG DEPUTATION.

PRESENT EXPENDITUBE WILL NOT BE BBLAXED

'■C>-fi» ;M '%*?P?^?,?\^'P n ™H9 n >-™?r c6( ?rit' l tiT* of &e ■^i^NottHetß ■ and v .including a ■r;S^?^.w'r''"pf:ine i nib?w'.of.ParliiimenVyai_te(l upon £yS thpErimolMinister; (Sir; Joseph Ward); :?;;;;^lliii^ P v^)^p n ; >»i:i^>^iyi ; construction, of. of others.;. ;\ ftHfi'^^vtE'WS':.;O^F^™E^'DEPLlTATioN. '/■' :\Jpi'(i ; .MTV(G.:.'Peacock>. ohairmah of ,tho Auckland said;ho , could with .confideneo . : H ~s>\ prwlidt.that.;their! , .demands..would bo admitted !V;;::hitbsb;elreasonablo : by:..tho; Government; ; Not lons +■■. ;-;f'aep',tue"flprt.sEβ ii%pr&[i ijhad publicly, >' ; ; <:-,thjvt:-he;recojniSod tho : Aiicldanu people hail a 2 : :■■;'griex'iri'cevowing:to'tho''njon-development' of.that by-railways.' 'In re- ■ ■;■.-:• i- gariytpjth'e--Hor.th; Auckland Main Trtltik lino. .W ! i^tfiew'sains^liinister;: had.:■: :tho ; VrtA-i^hljtf.ith"afc'-'-h6.;jcrasidere"d ;; tne'',;ogitatio^ lqaguo:had;decidcil '. ; on the.Go'vernmiait ,tho:necessity.'for i :; >■■*'eoing!.'o?i with^th'T^Unes?M*sooh.,is.; possible;* C;.'V'-ThojK:lvTore--jktoiW^^inp^anafMaiurlVunk' ■ J- , .' v'"lint;'-'.which 'would pay' better ■ S tho, further '» ! ;V-it extendcdnfnb,/-East Coasts line" from ii>; irA.ni!kland xfo^Gisbpfev^via'.AVaihir-and-'the S ; be'fevecn : : Taranaki' and, the ■■i-J'^v-!-Mij^jLftunk''line>atr-Oiigarue.-: : 'i.Thet-lcapue 1 ' J/: , npt--concern : itself-iin,' the S}. degree.'.vriti'Miiny-dißpnte:as'.to'routes. S'S-: , ltsr hjembers trusted: that 'the ■ shortest;' : cheap.•ivi'^fest/:randH'best'''rpute^sKould;be!/deoided;.::upori. V':;. slThey.^cnild'Hke"to. 5e0."^!.150,000 ~placed on the v'f.^ ? Esjtlmafes"tßs ; % ■-;#rf'Maii^Truiik:railway,rsaj, dSiOO.OOO for the East '•';.■'«;■> Coast; lino; as -cpnld' bo .spared ■K.vij'-ithpvNorth'l'A.ucyand.'illaitt i'Trunlc lino..;ivould 1 3pk^anga t\Vir::,aelay.-3.'5...V lA:.•■ v.;-■■ y ■:■■;■■-■ , ■ V iy,:^.: . ; ; :■■;■ i-

JtffeHa^iijgV- , 'a7Mp i r<sehtetiyo; ! 6f''the-:'lJ'6rtli ; Au'ckfond : 'Rairwftplj.eague,;p'oirited'Out,tM •«,;■ 80Amile3v. of; 'railway-iorth;;of:.Anckland, : , which. : . ■::;;had,Vcbst;about;.oho.-million,;ha'd; always proved i ■.";vrom.uttijrative.- J; So ',farV.the '. North-'Auckland '■•} •';'.tilejcpuntry.:along'its;p'rPposed:route.:Ho.wcnt '>: : : - SbnStpf refer);Bv.tnP..' productivonPss' of.;the';dis-; -.'..; :■ tribVand: : BJated.;that"it; contained.'a>Kreat;,dear ■ : T- , ;>vQf;.pr,pTO i lahds, r . There';j7ere' J over.3o i ,o,oo'pcople. ';}'Jabpvjb/.'thb:?fiilrhead,',:arid- ; the '■[ distilict' was. i'T. 1 benefi| ; '^VPT e ry?4*y- fro'm'-iiitrodrictibri'of fur- '■;:■•': bloOd.' ; .Vlt\.*:as '.well.' known, ■' in: ; ■■'.?■■ S'bbrinec,tibh with : 'the'ir!"cjaim',. : thatlthey had ..the; .'.?:■ whpteheaXted.-sympathy-bfj-'thousands?.of: resi':C parts of" f ; t';:shiii-< wrongly ■•beon as ';tlio". Despised :';'"- : North iwould ;: soons bb called '.'the! Producfivb ■i.'-V 1 -- , .'. ; :ll<k' t Purdy'i,;who: followed,'..dealt-Vith the ne--i^^lcesity.'-bf-theiKawikawa-Kaikohp line .as, well /■[V;as,J;he);l^rth;rAuckland;Mam;Trunk:lino.,.';-... -i :;.Rajlway.;;' S'-: v .• \'-: ' '■'•

!r.';A:lni:c6nnMtion'.:;\rith':vtteyJ3Mt;:Coas'i: raiiway, ; v jMr^vWafd[.declared.V!t. ; ;was:;an fa^ ■'.v .'te&i.'Bfy'v ',Tl>e > coilritry ':thr'6tiEii' -.which : -it' .vanldi f ■-■pass'jwas , :fcrtile/:ahd;-wcll ?■.;/:■:? ',;,■> y' ;'s'.-- - ?.-MrJ^J)6iaalds , ony'Vwl;bisai'd no represented::the'■/intejDstS'pf^thoJWaihi'people,'drow: attention' V ,: '■:■';■ finesf%old-inines' , in ; 'ih6,ff6rld;.and -Waihiwas: ;:',^tiHVonly^^liniits^ih'fahey'KiSd.'far.-.as'.the^'-Wee; , ' ?■ '■■ ■ , *as ;*perf ect; uaas-. : ; I'iaityJZ'^p'^fe^^rf'ii'h/^^x^ir.- •;,,:■:;":.• v: ; ■•'<■■■• Messrs. .Stephenson and Byan'referred ■ toSthe f.::Stratford-Onßafto[;lfrie,7,Qwiny>'to'.thefact.that ■;:. :i th6ris: ; .was^nQ'., / ni'otal;rih"- tno : . district, 1 'the' line, ■V. i f TraJ;'dbubly:-ne,c^ary.iTh'ey l :vi(med ; with •'; : \.tk 'j:jSOiAttr;pio^iMatL'ttit.:;tKeVlinV.'' , &onld" , -:-))e ,, ;v;:Btftrt,td'jfrom-;jji.e' Origarue;end. : '* ■;•:' [ ■ '■• ■':;- ,:•.-: ;.:■■■'t - . 3ar;^.'l^hdonV:?of;. ; ii.6tofta,|; said:'ho. •.under-' j> ietopd the ;depiitation*:would -urge that- the 'East J', 'Coast '.commencedi'-'at,-Eotorua, :';''; , and:;h6;''ivass surprised; to ifind".that :;theyhaa : i ; ; : not':.don'e;*S.a/! : J;, v ;;l;:;^ss. ; ;K\;:-..;':•;,;,,:;?;■ ~\ .'.■■'■:*:

Sit:: Joseph ;;(«■: reply)Aprefaced^his/.remarks O. ; i'-; : :' ! tyt^«tinß,''^^^ I ''.I "fi teliabni> he rproi "-.Pi i ;pbseaj. , tqj:di^cus.S;;,the:*questiqn;:of ; CrOutes : ;that -Tl''iaay^.i&^lo^.v;asi.^q;,gpr^nmcni : -..did''jyh'nt; , : ';H'-vi*;^eb6yedvtovl)o:;Dest;inY:regard > ;t6":ioutes;-the' r.;O/i'.eTna^t;i , paeftnot:;makinyf!| ;^l ,^litical; .' , f;ailT v'; ; .;.Xwara;.(]'pnd,''it , did'-i^^riot,:interi.d rn fc.Jdci' rr lsa;r He' ;?.,;.•,:.aTnptint^svhich;-the , ;}3oyerrinTehtrMt; sHbuld'be" ■ .if;-; spent pn.vrailways,:.the,>Nprtlr;-Island/ an'd'-.he' •< -^P /inc^derf , Aucklw.dtiin ' ithati';regar.d,.;.'w()uld.--oe'. ;;;.«Bery,ed, ; raßs:wellr.:as i r.wiis,; pcfi^lbli.^-It'?^i;bdl'd" : be - ' '. .r.i.imTOssible'.; fofWtt - ii^tttoney^onld:-be-syote.d. I ;fp,r.-the' '.three ( lines; ; to ,::;;,,;WJiichi:they;rhad'Special]y.'referred.:;.-Tliere were ■i-S, ,;ior. theiv in. ;--X: w W'!n' S therN6rth;.!lslan , d:,fa.ilwaysfhad':been ;■•:.■;;•■ ;aeferrpcM)nevcouldi"hftTOi::bee'h"got over, 'but .^™ei'S%cr,?:cpuld': : hpt.i??Thoy;;wonld:rrem ember /*V™tttj^s.;an^putcomß..ofi'ihe';Nativp'troubles, m :^^North,::ls and^suffqred;ih;the.; matter 'of ;V£-W™?y s^»ailev : thoso3,in;:rthe?,SontK Island- : K.;, would :>,* «i«e.J)Jorth;: Island JtainVTrunk. line -was due vU to ::l hft , n TO«ous;,stoppasM:. eccasioned -as ■& -re- .;. ; s?' S"^f f ''M??™"* ,:,. .-,. it ffoHoTr;l;tTlns ."country ' ■could'•.'jnbt- , ' '^KfSfe^i'^' b #?, ; tho '** Railways- an:;extraordinary: ■^^■■S?^^^^ t '»:*oyondvKffbat.-- ,^iti, coW r f"if.year,;to:;year, iri: order,to make up :-, ■ : back ftjas.; : "to; do .'a grea?. : • >;! ihl^&,V?^ , M'^l??^ oo * 'what " iVrailway^^Pl^^^-^? ■ to , . tho i<">r ■,; : >';'rtnetructlori ; wbrkvL?A*-^ e -- ,,? ? I '-' ?n ' :rft "* a y' ■'■ ■ :'iin«g ;^Thkt' l en ßWl -flpbn,': , those mim V^:-Stp^W^|te:P^es ; ,wh«ro; greatest'

~'...™P»»,-j«Ee«j from the. great social undortak.' -:< S&^r ,^^m and local' ■; ; '-'?*"S?!'>?v..-*. W, s >° r y..«f .tho.cpnntr;.:- " ■ .. ' S-^SREMAmCs'B^pi; ; .R: v j^KE^z, Ei :;;. ,, ; , ;; "S>Kv- ' -f ?ew.-iow much- money was ; ■ ; A^i^iV ß ?! »°P vTail wayv construction: in tho '■ 'Wl U n i. dls ! ;nct -,, f ". r .-.wlien i it was knownthat 1 ; (&?}'?'* •#Ming.;a.ll/ that .money, the ;,Gd,rernm«nt .would get, a;(,»d..time;at! thoLnds ,:.;:of,the ; members ; for .the.rmt of. the .Dominion. iNorth Auckland , i: Main.Trunk,Railway 'ehould bo gone on-irith!

; S;<;' '■' the-■ Labour ; ' ; pn•'■These. • L!n(s. : engaged 'on! ~. ;iallway. works, .1603"were- engaged on thoiimjs. '•, •■' B . n «P r V'consideration;;-': Thoso ' lines were being jit a,,ratoito■ which; nobody- could ' l ' i V°W<!«t.-..He.wa9:-,not.in a- position.to say who- , ■,;...':-tteK ; the-Government intended to go , on with a ■-:;-.vjßail.\fay3 .-BUI 'this, session • It ■;-;,v*D*}:Cßr.tain-; that-tho -East;:' -Coast-".railway .-fwOftld'.be;. pushed ,on.--iTho , best,thing to do: in ..; ; ; his?opinion,v was. to..finish 1 , if'asi'fnr-'ae-llbtu , / v nfSM;ipi'; ; ;tho'?.w)rst/,;parfc^wns-,beyond . : ' that ■>;..:-plape:-.r. , '/.WhateT«r-".Gqyor , am«nt'.rwas' in power. .-;. ; ;-;iwi)ilJd^seevthat-;• a. : 'connection-"with -Eotoriia ■;.:■■■^womd>bβ^■•'l^;ad«f;■.'V!.•A4..r•regttrd»•'• ; fb'ei■■Sll«ttford- , OrigaJrue;^lihe.-.vho-",might,■■liiontion"'that- more' i/i'Vmen 'were' engagod> on;-it ,thon on'dny other, ;;■■;■; -IThrbiigli'the/scarcity .of /employment;in Wel- : ,:X, liiigton; last; printer,; ho;pnt additional :■ men 'on' ;' ; '; that" hnoi- a 3 -; it-;.was ; theiinearest,.;' Ho .was ; ./^aearly,'Beriding^^

\y. tho';: people - : ' would ■■■ : :'object ; ';' to : an. ; increase-in their . population. (Laughter.) Parliament Provides Money.' , ' The; .deputation could rest assured .that it was fecagnised ;,tho... Auckland members always; brought to the Ministers. a first-class grievance, <ind th«y nevtr left it until thure Was a promiso of redress. When Parliament provided, morb money, nothing would give aim ."jjfcater 'satisfaction: than to em a . fair portion of it' txperided in the Auckland district! ■■ A menlbor: Will you make, a start in connection with the StraUord-Ongsru* 'railway, from tho Origarno:end?, -v ■~•■• " Mr.'M'Kenri*: I am not in a position to sey to-day; .One has to. study tho matter from an econonno .point of. View. I- don't lik» to have : to put. two staffs of enginsers,' etc., on a lino;:: , .It, is better to ■work a .lino from' one .end. You get to;.tho objeotive just, as quickly, 'it''is m/; opinion that tho lino could be finished quickest, from tho Stratford end. •The'member: Question. .