THE H.B. TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912. THE EAST COAST LINE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 34, 23 January 1912, Page 4

THE H.B. TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912. THE EAST COAST LINE.

The public meeting hold in Nap'er io discuss the ceremony of “(urniug the first sad” of the Earn: Cca-c line was largely attended. Trinnv were r.r.nWc io gain admittance and tin: eagerness with which help w as off< red cleariy dem-restrai-cd the enthusiasm felt- in. Napier ccnecwiingihe cemmenci'inent of the op-' "iticns. “Taken in the raw” it might ap/ire.;- thal: there was smrle ur.hi.!y re jo’•ting because the advantage of the I'i’io was wholly and solely for Napier—a. sort of thank off' ing io.’ Napier having been made a present of a .lino ail its own. This, we "feel sure, however, was not the spirit (1 the meeting. The men who were present ami those who offered help were not prompted by purely parochial greed. Naturally Napier people wished the new trunk lino to ccairecl with the present terminus am! t’:.-’ pr.-pt-iiion is a reasonable cue, backed up by the. engineering authorities. But this docs not prevent- ready acknowledgment of tl’? frrt Nat the completion cf the !iinto a paying point 'will b? of imur.r.:urcab'c benefit to the whole idstrict. j/;.. Wore hip La remarks regarding ti e ’■•<opl? <:f Hasti.i-ys cuuld. weii i’"vc bcm rew-hrd in a mere fretful. manner. Naturally an impertre:. town like Hawings desires and wilrightly struggle for every pqss-b.L-means of developing the ineehip'irable resources of its su’Tounding country. There can be no riredew of d-a bt t! w.l a line bran cl ring ir-Irn-d f:> m Urn rings vmdd yr 1J rich return and bring a golden rLare? to the to wn. Is there any reason, then, to think that an agitntire should not the r.i. : d in the town fre denvour made to got the junction cl ti:? ! : ?o ar i.. a ■ tings ! II is IV err hip • lie Mayor of Napier is not exaeti; ctrecct v/reu ho rays iP.at the tu.nsttings townspeople were not opposed Lo Nrei.r lire reg the line. They arc er Plainly not opposed if i: can in :rrere .hat ire Berime route is the ■?re frre: .retry standpoint, but the Hastings people contend that the !;gi.re >’s .-.f-c tb.c people who have lire Public men in both toiras creel talk and iickl wbnt opirsirei re; ■ c'rere blit the err i re er s hoc! the fire I deci--Ire la th ci. - hands. It is rirelii lilt ibis should lie the case are if re,re- had here: re me ergin- . -re! ires politic?l vrire-pidrire Li d? - New Zea’red wre'd bo reibreys tc-day. The people of Ha wires ho re not yet been oSicre!i”''in:cd i-'i-.r < xperts cimilcvcd ■ re re.a-e.t 1 :c been - i::rei i lie t'rete proposition for ..ut a red ad creed iiin ii the jiirere'" v ire the 'in'’ to g-i. It is rather ’■'..c fre the mformritiui: to fiit ci-

through in a sccondhar.d sort of a way tiiat the route decided upon m the one selected by ilie ergineers, and it is to be regrctied that the people siicidd be kept in the dark regarding the engineers’ increments and rccciiicHralaticns. for the svc.iccy has been the cause of a serious division which is decidedly against the best interests of Hawke’s Bay. Hastings certainly lias every right to be taken into the Government's i. j a lid ence in this matter. Many of her men both yn public and private life have worked hard for years to secure recognition from Government of the neees.-.ity for pushing on communication with the north. Chambers of Ccinmercc. Councils, Railway L‘cagues and members of Parliament have ail done yeoman service in the agitation. Hence it conies about that if the ceremony of turning the first sod is not looked upon by pcojde residing outside the Napier boundary as .a fitting occasion for great rejoicing Napier will have to blame the Minis ter for Public Works and others for keeping the I>ccple in ignorance of what was taking place.