NOTE OF THE DAY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12870, 25 May 1936, Page 4

NOTE OF THE DAY

THE! BEST NEWS FOR A LONG WHILE 1 It may safely bo said that, this morning’s ess no contains the best item of ncy“s that has been published in Poverty Bay for a very Icing time. There i-s always much rejoicing ill this district when it is possible to ream'd an appreciable advance m tho price levels in wool, meat, or, say. butter. Everybody realises that, in, due course,. : ,extraj money will, as a result, filter, throughout the town as well as the rural areas. But,. tho news item -to which reference is now being made is even still more to-

freshing. In short, it appears, the Government intends this: week to make a> real start upon the resumntiori of work; on the railway at 'his end as well as at soutlierii points along itd route. This important step is an earnest of the Government’s pledge to complete, the lino right through to Gisborne. No longer will critics resident in other districts be able to plead with, the Government that it should suffice when the line reaches AVairoa or, to he more .strictly correct, when its northern terminal ,is Waikokopu. 'What is more, the decision will assist greatly to reduce unemployment along the East Coast if by springtime 1000 men have found employment on the works. The business people in Gisborne will welcome the Government’s decision to- attack the work' at all points even more than those of Wairoa or Napier. For a long time, they have had to wait for . an enterprise of such dimensions to give) business a. substantial fillip. With even only 200 men working at this -end foi*. a start, the increase in local trade will at once be felt. The improvement, however, will he very strikingly marked when in the spring five times that number will Vie engaged on work between Gisborne and Waikokopu, Business people as well as Unemployed' workers in Gisborne will bd greatly cheered by the joyful news to which reference is being made.