The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1908. THE GISBORNE RAILWAY,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2107, 5 February 1908, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1908. THE GISBORNE RAILWAY,

The news that the little .strip of railway line -between Pulm and Willows crossing is to be immediately completed will be cheerfully welcomed by all those settlers who have been looking forward to the extension to improve their communication with Gisborne. The work is now to be put in hand Koncc, and as there is not-a great deal still to bo done, the siding that has been promised should become the temporary terminus of the line within a few months. The extension is not of any great- dimensions, it is true, but in these days, wo in Poverty Bay have to be thankful for small mercies -wlion public works -are being doled out; and, after all, every additional mile of -railway means a shortened journey for the packhorses that carry goods to the Motu. A feature in connection with the spurt that is now to bo made that must strike many as peculiar is the fact that it- is being made in response to representations made to the Minister of Lands, who paid us a visit- recently. We are honored and privileged to -be represented in Parliament bv a Minister of tlio Crown, -but so far as practical results aro concerned these distinctions appear to bo largely visionary, and if wo want anything done wo havo to depend on the representatives of other parts of the Dominion. Once the money was passed by Parliament, one would naturally have thought- that the Hon. Mr. Carroll would have been able to exert sufficient influence to ensure its being promptly- expended, but it was not until MrAMcNab was approached on the subject- that a forward -step was taken. Under the- circumstances, wc can only hope that- Ministerial visits- will become more frequent., and that in this way we may get- our just dues, in place of relying upon the doubtful advantage of being represented in Wellington- by the Native Minister. It was nothing loss than absurd that the legal profession should have found it necessary to draw Air. McNab’s attention to the lack of accommodation in tlio Court buildings. The necessity for improvements was obvious to anyone, and few will believe that the Hon. Mr. -Carroll could not, had he chosen, have had the- matteis bruoght forward, attended to long ago. One is naturally inclined to wonder what Air. McNab must have thought -when he had deputations making requests of him. oi such a nature, in the home of the Native Alin is tor.