The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1929. THE TIME FOR NEW RESOLVERS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1929, Page 4

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1929. THE TIME FOR NEW RESOLVERS.

NIK opening ol a new yoar is a very appro, riate tune tor I'rush resolutions, ami with the w..-ri\-a-i.a y v.orid lemming normal cions again today, there will ho many non resolves .nteudcd Lo cover conduit lor Iho year, i nc* yoar openin.y now sin.end afford .pporlniiity lor lresli or ivnc.wed iu Li- % ities in many directions. Apart from ;,iic* prospects for the Dominion, rc.orivd Lo following,. there is a tunc of considerable piomise opening for tVosLland. The district siioidd enjoy a yoar of material progress. The neU .ndustries inolndod in Ll l e- ilsu-milling and mining propasiLmns taking doliniLo diape, will in themselves add a measure if groat interest to the now year. There are possi hi lilies in both iliieetio'ns. The iormor will tail for additional labour, and should mean an increased population. The latter, pregnant with posaliilities in a land so highly auriferous, might easily give the district a pronounced fillij>. in addition there is a more confident feeding a*.out the im- ■ lied into future of the sawmilling trade, flic general lift over the Dominion, Oillowing a more active <lovoriimenl policy in important directions, writ •rente oxLra trade and giving the oiioyaney expected to lmsiness generally, should mean greater enterprise in all centres of population, and ;o enhanced demand for timber. This .s undoubtedly one of the most pleasing prospects at the moment, for it means in effect a return to the prosperity of other times. Our settlors and armors with their stock and dairy produce should have in the aggregate i very good season. The prices lor .Lock and farm produce of all kinds :.s at a higher level than usual, and Otlioi.it being abnormal, is at a figure ihely to give good average returns for Jie year. Regarding the wealth Irom .he land as the material value to any H-ality, the present moment is very jpportunc to urge the Government in •ny land for .settlement policy which night he in mind to embrace Wost'nnd in its operations. The now Alinistor of Land is under an obligation to make good by results before meeting Parliament again, and in Westland : here is a held and a scope for extendng settlement, if only by making more iso of the land directly for production, held already by settlers. This is an aspect which has been referred to •nrlier as a necessary part of a renonahlc and effective. policy to do the .*;ren test good in the shortest time for •he least east, and if -Mr Forbes, li rough his officers would take the ’natter up con amore, we believe the mggostion would give the greatest mmediate benefits. Apart from the tore of wealth to he taken out of the lands of Westland year by year, there ire the everlasting hills constituting the backbone of our scenic attractions •vhich stands in need of continual publicity to attract more and more visitors to this very beautiful part of Vew Zealand. Westland is a section of nature’s wonderland with such a oiriety of native beauty it is not posible to eclipse. There is such an aggregation of it within a defined area mt any exploiting of it will not exhaust the subject, nor do it the justice if deserves as a lodostono for admiration by all who love nature at her best and in lier grandest forms. Westland has been endowed with groat beauty, yet we do not make, the most ( i it, either in appreciating it ourselves, or noising it abroad as we diould. There is an opening for limitcss action in the boosting of our .conic attractions, and the task done villi any measure of success will relay tin l effort handsomely. Yes, if this be the time for new resolves, Weslland>rs should he busy indeed in framing new resolutions to advance Llii.s torrilory of great opportunity, and having framed them, set about with high ro- • olve to carry them into effect. Advance Westland!