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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 595, 25 August 1909, Page 9

According to the Hon. .J. .A: Millar (Minister 'for' Railways)'•there;has -lately been;a surprisingly rapid development in tho -country s'- k trade, : and. Hiere, seems, to bo every likelihood -that; it will continue.;, He proceeds .'to .say that to is faced- with demands for expenditure that will have to .bo made whether .he. likes .'.it..or';ribt,'.'.'-Of the large number of requests for -increased , railway, facilities from■ all .over the country; only the most important could .be' dealt with at the present time. As a result of the : wonderful development-* in; the -traffic ony. the Main 'Trjinki line,, consequent on its' -.completion,' thfr facilities, at;; Auckland, and Palraerston ■North'-!.'wore found to bo inadequate) and a similar difficulty might'have occurred at' Wellington had it not,been for the purchase of tho Manawatu line. Just now the Railway Department "was faced with the necessity of spending'£2oo,opo:at Auckland; ihcltiding £30,000 on ah overbridge from tie Quec-ir Street:'wharf .'to tho city;, There'wa« great /difficulty in securing land for extension!, at/Auckland, and he was not sure whether the goods traffic would nothave to bo roir.bvcd entirely. to 'Newmarket.' New station's, would, have to be erected at Wellington imd Auckland at an early'date, and it would not be long before, the stations ,-at .Tihiiirji and;other, places.'would:have. to be rebuilt. ■'.-' ; " ' ■',' . : ,;' ■ '.'. :■

Th» yoiing people of .the Salvation Army will repeat a very interesting-programme in tho Constable. Street Barracks ,'to-night,- at 7.45 o'clock. Some of the chief items will b»:— Maori poi dance ; ahd hnka,' "The. Finding of Moses," "Mother-in-law," -and- "The. Model Colony." The Children's Home will also contribute various items.-' The proceeds will, be hroid of the annual-self-denial fund.

Thu .Mncandrew and Hayes Art Depot will be',,removed to Hannah's-Buildings, Lambtori Quay, in ten days. A,bargain sale is now being held at the present.premises on Lambton Quay. Eor'Chronic Chest Complaints, > Woods' Great I'enperaint Cure, Is, Gd., 2s. 6d.