THE SOUTH’S LINK WITH AUSTRALIA.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1930, Page 3

THE SOUTH’S LINK WITH AUSTRALIA.

It is unfortunate tliat the question of'providing /that much-needed amenity a shipping service between Australia | and South Island ports, should have aroused iso much righteous agitation—on the wrong side—in Auckland. The Auckland press seems to have made of this .matter a political issue, one manifestation of which was given recently in the. expressed opinion that unless the Government cancels immediately. s its contract for a South Island servibe' its professions of economy will be proclaimed as insincere and incapable of., withstanding any test.” This is an attitude that smacks too palpably of provincialism. Until the Government. and the shipping company concerned* have shown the practical nature of.their intentions towards, the South Islsjpd through the inauguration for a stipulated period of such a service, they cannot expe.ct.to be credited with entertaining that consideration for the interests of the people in the southern, portion of the Dominion which they have professed. In steamer services, a.s in other matters, it is easier, of course, to destroy than to build up.—“Otago Daily Times.”