The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 13, 1905. MINISTERIAL VISIT

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1429, 13 April 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 13, 1905. MINISTERIAL VISIT

This das maria an SmporEant cp.ocli in the history pi 'this district, A few years) ago a little band pf (the .g, faithful ptoita fett .iifeiuEfceffiiejkaij. to-day, la worthy pf recall, Heavy rain hpd set in*. and friends sought to .dissuade iMr Sed'don from continuing the journey a put he laughingly replied that that was nothing to the rain that fell on) the .West Coast and lie was determined to proceed. The party, therefore' proceeded, and on, reaching their destination the sun shone &u,t .brightly* and a,U the surroundings gave token of future prosperity, The Premier then, made a prophecy that To Karaka would he-' conic a district of great limpoirtapce,, and that railway works wo,uld he commenced}, The outcome we are now, pll realising., The work has not heepi pushed on as fast as iwe have desired* and no amount of Miniiste.rial| explanation will cpxijVimca ns tliat the pace should not be made much greater* We," with full knowledge pf the latent resources of the district requiring development, and eager to hav;e those resources rapidly brought into use, regard the matter from a district point of view. The Ali tasters take a colonial .view-point, and with clamoring from all sides, the majority must receive loss than they ask ß Our policy, mast be to persistently press our needs upon the attention of Ministers,, amd further than that, to, oonyinee them pf the justice of pur demands. Therefore their .visits lienee are of considerable importance in, enabling them to rea-, lise how the expenditure of public money in, such a district will yield profit to the district and. to the .colony. The people fully, appreciate the attention given, to us ;byj Ministers, and their .visit inland, is to be highly commended* The donly regret is that they will be unable to make a tour of the East'Coast. A jarring note has' been struck by a journalistic inuendoi that ’ Air, H<aU!Jones will make vain promises, and that even the auhstanee of fiis speech ' Could be given beforehand', Our COmj)lai nfc is fEat the Minister is 100. i cautious to make .promises, for if ho did ,we could rely that they would bo g ven effect to. He has been j termed an understudy. of the Premier ; ‘an intended sarcasm that may well be regarded’ as a compliment for the Premier never yet made a promise that he did not endeavor to faithfully fulfil. Their politics may be open- in question, but their honor is, unassailable. The more promises we can get from Air Hall-Jones the better* One word of warning isi required as to thetuuspiciousi event today. Let there be no “ boomirng.” A continuation of solid pnogressi anil prosperity is to ’be desired,, without inflation of any. kind