PROGRESS LEAGUES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1925, Page 4

PROGRESS LEAGUES

Si ti ll I IS!.AM) C!)N|- l-'.HKNCi-.S. IWffiiCAilCll,!.. April i!S. V i (inference ol i!ic South Maud I ‘r.|.eagttes opened :ii lnveivar--111 In-day. i hi' Mayor. Mr \ndrcw i extended i! civil- Welcome 111 I IK' delegates. A int'.tion w.i- |ia-- 1 1 sym|i:i( Rising with the I’rime Minister in I is ill la---., J Tin- fullouiug ivitiiS wilt- i allied: - Tliat this i .iii-iviivo til' tho Sim It Island |-'i --:ti— s bangu-.-i i-oiisit!; r>. in 1 till- iiiu-i i-.'l- >.I ■ ‘ill-•. ail. l i-i-i-imriiyj < til:; I 11: o lime I- armed iviii-n a ' 111 , 1 y ' Bun ill should la- rsi a i.lisli- ‘ i-il for each Island. >

Thai 'lull a Hoard i an-I-i ing . 1 a nominee of lla- (I-nvi-rumi'iu. ami a. representative of tin- South Island Motor Assai-iaiJon. with it' headtptariers in ('llii<tiliui-i-}i. l:o cri-aii'd to control tho South Island highways, and tins ion-l'i-r.-i!ii' ivsooi tfitliy ri-.,Hosts tho Mmistor m l’uhlii- Woilis In introdur-- an amendim-nt in tiio !iiglnvays Ac i ;-1 give oli'oct to this resolution. Tliat. in tho interests .-I tho I).-min-ion. tho Stato .'huiili.l asstimo- absolute rout rni of tho forest areas that atv

suitable ulily lot 1 conservation and u-it-iitilio culture. and that tho Hitts' Monntain-Otago aron offers an cxoop.itmal d| ijK»ritutity on tin- expiry of tho iivsont leases. possessing, in tho Talanni nurseries, faoilitio> for cheap I mil oiiVctivo replanting. That the interests of the tourist raflic, not only of our own people, 1.-tit -f overseas visitors, demand a more x tensive policy of track and hut eontrnctii’.n. opening up numerous places I' beauty and interest. as this policy

\ ottld I-:. to a marked extent I 111 nutithe!: i.; loeri'ts visiting' the le n-Mirl- cf the 1 h.millions. I lia I, m !he I.pini I iii - • old eri nee. the i-arlv compli.-l ion of the dtiplication and elm 1 i ilical ion of the l.ittelton Tiiiiiii'l is urgently mi stiry. ia view of the very inadi .|iiaU* tian-p-il j.-’i-ilili-s at pri'iiil provided ill C'llillei i i'i i u ill) I tie of the ellief lit i.• - and p-rt- of New Zealand, formia.: to- main door of cocrmeot- at u-n v. ii h llie S - illii Island. Tliat i lii- i- infereii- e . xpn s: a- ihe O] inioii that t lie i-o-'it ilir-at ion of t Inefforts of the boiith l-l-ind niemhers of - ihiriiiiiia tit i- desirable, and io that end. oageists that such numbers 1,---

asked to Vein for with a view to forming a i-i>ii!inillo<‘ on non-party oi-ost ions aliening the South Island interests (as. for oxamptle. shipping diiiintltios)', and that sttclt Committee appoint a cuivounr to whom can 1.0 rei ■mill-elided the ooia! inod views of tile So.nil I'hunl Lea oil os on ~uo'tions of oommtinity intorost. and that a c ipy m-i:; and tuir.i'e S unit Islam! member' of hut!) Houses. That this Conference is of opinion that the Dominion should adopt a well cnti'idoivd and progressive policy io .secure a largely increased number ( .f stti t a hie immigrants annually from the i'nited Kingdom, whiclt. ,-hil't a"isting the prosperity and progress of Xe\v Zealand, would, at the same time, a-sist the Mother ’i unti l by relieving her oi pnrtion of her surplus population. That this cun let fine urge that the' gap in the Main Trunk Railway from Parnassus to AVhaianui. he linked up I as soon as possible, and that rite Do- t

vi tiinienl h : urged to place a Kithstaiilial 'tun on t In* esi iinates during the coming session lor this purpose. “Thai this Conference urge the ne. ce-.;ity of completim-; a railway civile:. I lot,Uah e, llii u I ..- Nelson . 1 lie West Coast, Canterbury. Otago ami Southland. ' No ilehnite expi'e.-ma lin t her inl’orniat ion. “I hat ii i i ( ill iietv in e ill,;.. 1 the •i- 't i.-ti of b e . arly coinpletion o| the Vi i-'t Coast road in.-m lileiihcini as a (b'Vet iitm-iit road. “Ti-al tiii- (’oiifetvi.ee my.- the ipie.'i inn t.i : 11 1 :j.t a town-planning hill at m se- i o of 1 , eriiattteiil.” i-t re- -rts of ti.i- S-iuth Island should receive moi It greater publieilv front the Government than thee have hitherto had. ' "llmi in tile interests of tie users of New Zealand eoal. the Butler (forge railway sl-oidd !.,• iinke-! up with the The Conieri-nie then concluded. ami the delegate, tle-rea 1 1 er '...-1. • eiitertaitul at a haii>|tiot.