THE EAST,COAST RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 4

THE EAST,COAST RAILWAY.

MjINISTEBIAL PEOMISES SUSPECTED;

V The. Napier: "Telegraph.";!;''.is,; another Ministerial[journal .which .is;.begjnning,to strike out on'-d lino- : of; its own. ■ It, printed .the following'.editorial;. note the other' day: "• -~'.'■■'■.-. -.; -.:;:■; ... ■,-.-, ; 7■,'■;•'; ..It" is reported, as \ will, be noticed by. a reference to our general: news columns, that, there -is a" likelihood 'of the' Napier to Gisborne section, of the East Coast railway being commenced-before,the nest general elections.', These tn'.the natural order '.of things ~will M'; sprung upon ,us in about a year.: from -now. -.Wo : . are, the'n;it teems,,.only about; that' length of Itime off a "commencement." , Hut, as one cannot be too. careful, ; it ,may be-ap-'. propriate to -.consider'-:what, should-.be. understood by the word', we. have placed between ■'inverted cohimas.,; What really: seems. to be asserted is that some time, before -the "next • general.:elections, ."the" first sod will be turned." -Of course this ning there can be iio' Bnd,;;but such"a beginning as' this might -riteaij.'.'.rio. more t ' in .realitj',' than :aV little arrangemeut.;to* the .permanent: way, at :a'mile a -year. -Seeing that -has: been-'compelled >at" last .to'.:acknowledge the need tor, constructing this railway, ;it seems that'if T ..boasting is to' be .indulged ■• in with a'.view.; ,to the .next general 'elec-' tionj some ,more: substantial-justification than a Ministeriaj.vturhing;-of;a.first.'sod seems .to'-be.: suggested. '~:::;,:; .:;; -.--.■ ■'/(:'■