ALL-POWERFUL NORTH

Evening Star, Issue 20134, 26 March 1929, Page 14

ALL-POWERFUL NORTH

SOUTHERN M,P.'S WARNING tSrzciAL to lax ‘Stab.’] : WELLINGTON, March 25. That the South Island must fight Units oivn interests is the firm conviction of Mr D. J. Sullivan, member for Avon, who has been spending a holiday in Auckland province. He found a good deal of discussion taking place on the raihvay construction policy, and came to the conclusion that nine out ten people he met in Auckland district approved of the Government’s discontinuing the Rotonm-Taupo Railway, as it was much better to sacrifice £50,000 noiv than to lose it annually on an unprofitable line.

The northern attitude towards the completion of the South Island Main Trunk Avas, said Mr Sullivan, not clearly defined. There Avas not so much definite opposition as a tendency to ask critical questions to secure information. He had met northerners avlio took the vieAv that, inasmuch as the North had its main trunk line, the South was also entitled to the completion ot its main trunk; “but,” added Mr Sullivan. “ the Southern Press, progress leagues, and members of Parliament can serve the South Island at this juncture by stating the case for this line. ‘ ,

“ Tho people of fhe North,” he said, “are kindly and hospitable, but to them Ncav Zealand means the North Island alone. With a majority of population, and a majority of seats in Parliament, they have the poAver and the Avill to serve the North at the expense of-the South.’’