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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 337, 15 February 1911, Page 2

' The "Taranaki Herald'' comments on Mr Millar's recent statement that ! the Manawatu line would have to be duplicated in order to carry the extra traffic brought to it from the Strat-ford-Ongarue railway. The "Herald" claims that this; will be unnecessary, for that New Plymouth will be the distributing centre. It holds that the completion of the line to Ongarue will divert to the Taranaki capital trade that now goes to Auckland and Wellington. It believes that the delay in . constructing from the Ongarue end is due to the Minister's belief in the I superiority of the Waitewhenua route. It concludes by expressing the belief ! that a good metalled road to Ongarue 1 would be of better service, to Ohura than the railway. (This is the line of argument a Taranaki paper would ; naturally use. It will scarcely commend itself to GbiU'a settlers.) In early days the keys of the organ were five or six inches wide, and were played by a blow with the ; clenched fist. Hence organists came jto be known as organ-beaters or j organ-thumpers.