Kawhia Harbour

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 394, 8 January 1909, Page 2

Kawhia Harbour

Wtl’.iogfon busioesa men are folly alive to tL« importance of eeooriug trade with Kawhia, aud are particularly interested io the matter io view of the f-ci that tbe Government ie about to m ike trial surveys to deter* mine by which route Kawhia could best be connected with the Main Trunk railway. “It seems certain,” says tbe Wellington Post? (( that ibis excellent harbour is to be linked up with ths main railway route in tbe near future. It ie agreed by many people in the North and South that a connection is warranted by tbe impor tauce of the- prospective traffic, bat there tbe agreement ends and the views diverge. Raglan desires ade tour via Raglan, Auckland asks for a j >in with Hamilton in the north-east, and Wellington interesta (it is stated) prefer the route to Te Kuiti, iu the south-east.” The Peat proceeds to quote the opinion of a Kawhia settler yisitiog Wellington, who said that if n poll about the question wera taken the people would favour the Te Kniti proposal. “ Kawbia’e export-,” hr tmid, “ are wool, butter, timber and coal, *>nd the imports are general merchandise, fencing wire,, grass seed aud other commodities. Tbe harbour has a rise and fall of -14 ft., and will take in ‘ any boat that has yet been into Wellington.’ ”