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NOTES OF THE DAY.

_ lIECBSIEAL, political railway-build- ] ing lias been the curse of New jfea- j land. _ A proposal for a bold change of poljey contes from Marlborough, 1 and wilt coimuend itself to most people _as being well worthy of con- : siaoration. It was put forward 1,-\ Mr, Ji. i'. Goultek at u meeting a! the provincial executive of the Farm-; ers' Union at Blenheim, and isi that sufficient money shor.id be borrowed ■ to complete the trunk lines of the D-wninion within five years. Everyone will remember how the Main Trunk paid immediately on its opening, a_ad few will doabt that the East Coast railways and the South Island Main Trunin-linking up Canterbury and Marlborough, bavft a bright future before tbem. It undoubtedly would be- a good business proposition' to bring these lines to the paying-point without delay, even though several millions .had to be borrowed for the purpose. The only trouble is whether the London financiers would rise to the occasions and find Ills money on reasonable terms. A very excellent move in -the. right direction, however, would be to e s taolish a_ permanent Railways Boa.ro to investigate, the. claims of the riv.il districts tor.new construction, ami to lay clown some systematic schema of railway development, ibis wmjld ■a.t least put an end to the wasteful system of doling out a mile here and half a mile there. A courageous policy on the lines suggested by' Slit, UoTjLTEP. would hs a fine thing for the Dominion, hut it would need ft flinty-hear ted Cabinet Minister to stave off the rush from all quarters for Imudfuls out of the loan. The circles of "Liberalism" threaten to bec&ino decidedly exclusive. ' Mlt. _Geokbb Witty, fi.P. for Eicearten. in enlightening his constituents on the political situation on Monday evening, kid it down that, "Sift Wiu,u3i Hal-l-Jones could no longer he regarded as a Liberal" Perhaps Me. Witt* will be good enough, to state who can. be regarded as ''''Liberals." The list., ws should imagine, ctocs not take loftg to recite now. So many of those who shotildered the load when 'Liberalism was Liberalism are being thrust aside- that the party will soon consist of not.much more than Sib ,!oxkph Waied and Ms.. Ssiift'y AtsreroS. Its only discernible message to the crnmtry to-day is that Mn. Jlassey is a bad iniy; that Sin Joseph Wakd will soon be really very angry if he does not fset sony® more pluws out of the political pic; and that Ms. Atmorb is determined to make his voice heard in the land before Kelson | snuffs hi.ni out for good and all. \ -How many of the Dominion's provincial towns are oardeg'sly rußfting , the_ risk of disasters such, as that: [ which occurred at the Upper H utt [in March last I The Pnhintua Bo.rough Council has bee® investigating ■ the conditions there, and the eoun- : eiliors were siarti-jd to learn or Monday evenini.; that large quantities of dangerous explosives Ware stored in business places all over the town. The overseer stated,that at one shop fifteen eases of bew.ine and l-GO-lb. of gelignite were kept in a little store-vo-om. At another there were fiftyone oases of benzine, eighty-seven ■ eases of kerosene., and 80tb.' of frelignito, ' At- the ne.xt store he fointd twenty two cases of kerosene, twelve i cases of be twine, eighteen Mb. pack-' ages of gelignite, fifty cases not i opened, ;md sis kegs of powder, S&lh,i In each. What would have happened to Pahiatua had a fire nccvir-. ml af any of the nlacea emoted ! ; Other borough councils which have not ,Rone closely into the matter would do- well to take a leaf out of. F<i:hiatua's bo-ok* aflcl cJiscover wtijj-fc risks tliey may bo running. Thb proposal of the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce for a ■, conference of town and country j'e-' presciitativcg to discuss the- works necessary tor the development of' the ; province has met witt a warm, .and' well-deserved response in. the inland centres. From the, Widrttretpci Aqc WO loari) that, with one exception, every local body and Chamber of Com.- : meree thi oa.cbout the Wair<-u\ap<v and Forty-Mile Bush has appointed ■ delegates. On the West Coast the I project appears to have been very favourably' received also. The War- ■ rarn.pa dele-gates 'will riaiundty have a deal to«say on the necessity of tapping the East Coast lands by: railway, and will -urge the claims of the J'jmufaka deviation. Among< the projects to be raised by the reprcamtetives from the other coast, will be that old ■actHifi.iiitasK.e. the I Levm-Gfealford railwav denatiru. ' to Which fl-.i! Foxi-on doleentes will ■ devote Uioir attention. The gather- i ing, which is' convened for July 8, promises tn he thoroughly representative, and should sci-ve a useful I purpose..

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2173, 11 June 1914, Page 4

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NOTES OF THE DAY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2173, 11 June 1914, Page 4

NOTES OF THE DAY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2173, 11 June 1914, Page 4

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