DEVELOPING THE COUNTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15331, 18 June 1913, Page 11

DEVELOPING THE COUNTRY

THE GOVERNOR'S ADVICE.

POLICY OF PATIENCE.

[BV TELEGRAPH".OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Palmeiiston North, Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of the Palmerston North Winter Show, to-day, His Excellency the Governor (tho Earl of Liverpool) said : " One of the many difficult problems which .confront the statesmen in the Old Country is as to how the agricultural and pastoral interest can be sufficiently maintained. You all know that in the United Kingdom the great tendency of the younger members of the rural community is to be drawn away into the large towns, lured there by the attractiveness of a less dull and humdrum life, and with the desire to improve their own prospects.

'* Here, however, in a comparatively young country, with all the virgin resources of a new land, and its vast capability of development, there are in addition, problems of another nature to face. There is not only the question of • the population which is necessary to bring the country to its fullest development, but there are all the accessories attendant on the industry, which arc vital to the realisation of successful results. As the land in the less frequented districts gets taken up, so the settlers need the means of getting into closer association with their neighbours, so that the produce of their labour may be effective, and consequently more roads and railways are asked for. It is, only natural thjt such requests should be made, and it is also only human that many are dissatisfied if their hopes are not immediately realised, but Rome wis not built in a day. You also know the old adage that you must cut your coat according to your cloth. Those 'who direct the affairs of any of the dependencies of the Crown must not outstrip the means at their disposal. If they do they may easily bring hardship on the whole community. " It is a source of wonder and envy 'to many to see what enormous strides * the colonics have made in such a short tinffc. With such vast resources at their disposal, it needs only patience on the part of the inhabitants to bring them to their fullest development."