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Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1918, Page 2

Wiiat is going to make South Westland, is what makes any other place, good means of communication. For years this paper has been hammering away for bridges for South Westland. The arterial road is exceptionally good and the cost of the residential population for the great convenience it is, is hut trilling. The road is barred all too often by the frequent flooding o' the numerous streams to be crossed. B,v degrees these are being bridged. The bridging of the Little. Waitaha river would complete the through stage for certain wheel traffic to Hnri Hari. This would be a boon to the dairying settlements in every’ way. Communicationsof nil sorts would be more certain and rapid, and this improved intercourse would 1)0 all to the advantage of the southern district. It is of importance whether this good time should come now, or some years hence. If the present intention io bridge the Little Waitaha is blocked, the march of progress in the south will be delayed. Supposing the money for the bridge were diverted to the deviation road, if would not complete a third of Hie ; work still to do on the road to make it J passable for traffic and even then, the j river at the end of the deviation would j be unbridged, and traffic would be as ' uncertain and as delayed as at present. Look at the whole question, as we will jwe fmd no justification for the local ' agitation to prevent the building of the Little Waitaha bridge. The opposition is against the best interests of South Westland from every point- of view and indicates a- lack of vision which docs not augur well for the future of the place if tho agitation is at all likely to achieve its purpose, by checking progress now possible of achievement.

One of the outcomes of the war, and particularly arising out of the Anglo'.American participation in the great conflict, is a movement already begun to bring about a union of the Englishspeaking people. By the mail yesterday there came to us a pamplhet issued in London on the desire of “drawing together in the bond of comradeship the English-speaking people of the World.” Tlie birthday of the movement is set down, as July 4th., 1918, when there was a great reunion in England of An-glo-Americans to celebrate American

jrideperidi-neo Day A creed has been formula ted for the occasion by which members pledge themselves to promote by every means in their power a good understanding between the self-govern-ing nations of the British Empire and United States of America. The same mail brought from Mr J. W. Paul, U.S.A., some interesting printed matter bearing on the same object. Mr I Hamilton, seeks to bring the seven English-speaking nations—“the United ( States, Great Britain, Canada, New Fountlland, Australia. New Zealand i and South Africa,” and their dependen- ' cies into one fold for the world’s weal, and by joint action secure the fruits j of the war for the furtherance of the • liberties of mankind. Mr Hamilton ! would have a memorial day for tlie new Empire, and has drafted a beautiful I creed for the children of all nations

i lo adopt as a starting point on setting | out on their training for civilian life; , The high ideals of the joint movements : here referred to, will no doubt eommend themselves to all who believe in the great future which the coming peace will "open up to the English-speaking 1 people as they go hand in hand together in the work of bettering the world. It is fascinating prospect—the 'great future, before the Anglo-Ameri-can international league.