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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5371, 3 February 1879, Page 4

The long-continued conto3t between tlie coast and inland routes of the line to connect with tlie Kaipara railway has now, at least, advanced a stage. We wish that we could say that it had terminated ; for through the fighting about it, victory now inclining to one side or the other, the construction of the railway ha? been delayed for a couple of years. But, at all events, it is consolatory that an advance has been made, and that there is some prospect of the game of see-saw being terminated. As we have already announced, was the course determiued upon, tho Government have called for tenders for the line by both routes ; and it is understood that, unless the cost of the inland line greatly exceeds that by the coast, it will be constructed. Wo hope the Government will lose no time in determining one way or another. In a question of the best line for a railway the Minister for Public Works should decide, after considering all the information tbafc ho cm obtain, and the reports of the engineers, and not allow ths question to be foinjhs over for an indefinite length of time.