A Definite Promise.

Evening Star, Issue 17977, 25 May 1922, Page 6

A Definite Promise.

Tub raorcautilo community -will 1;« sure to receive with hnnrtfa't pleasure tile definite promiso that, no soon as tho (Jingo Harbor Board performs its allotted pant in the reclamation of tho t’.jrr-ihoro nml provision of suitable training walls for tho Leith Ksluary. tho Hallway .Department will proceed with the straightening and dnpllcaiion of tho Port Chalmers lino. This is a. work fur which Dunedin has waited far too long, and, if tiicro is further delay, it will 'now bo diflicult for the Jlarbor hoard to escape in 3 odium. Tiro board lias doubtless boon hampered by straitened finances, but tho advantage to Dunedin, which modern, instead of jneduoval, connection with its main port (so far as exports go) implies, justl(k:i a supremo and instant elfort being made. There are very many other considerations to fortify tho main argument. There are said to be a number of prospective tenants of Harbor Board leases in the vicinity only waiting to see where the mihvty- doyiatiou ij to go _ before Jho}'

crcet business promises adjacent. Tins in itself would galvanise the stagnant building track' into life and provide skilled employment,. Tho railway e.ni?i,ruction. work would aVio provide work for unskilled labor, far too much of which is still seeking an outlet without success. The Otago Fxpausiou League h;is done a find service in sending representatives to the -Oencral Manager of Railways to seek the assurance which he gave them, and tho league will donhtle.m not rest on its oars in tho matter now that this bar has been snmwsfrddy negot.iated, but will urge the Harbor Hoard to prompt action.