THE PREMIER’S VISIT.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 365, 12 June 1908, Page 2

THE PREMIER’S VISIT.

(TO THE EDITOR.) Sir, —Th? Premier ia coming here soon. Some people are so thoughtless as to wonder what- to ask him for. I for one, and all up to date settlers aud well wishers who have explored the future of thia part know that we live alongside a good port in fact the sea port of the Waikato aud King Country. We want the Waikato people to sond their sheep to be frozen ; we want their surplus to be shipped here; we want to see their pleasant faces amongst u?, so therefore we must ask Sir Joseph Ward to get a hustle on about a railway from Kawhia to the Main Trunk. I think be would see that the line would be advantageous, as Sir Joseph is not a narrow minded man, his experience being as wide as the ccean. If we get this business properly 'represented I think he will catch on to it. A line to the WaikatG by the nearest route is a small job: about 35 miles (and most probably 30 miles) at £4OOO ner mile, £120,000 —a mere bagatelle. We also should ask for fair play for the natives by giving them our laws, indi vidualising their land aud helping their settlement thereon. If we ask for and get these two concessions we are on a fair way to success in the near future.-—) ours, etc., HAPAI RAE.