Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1890. Advancement of the District.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 November 1890, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1890. Advancement of the District.

Is our last issue we published a letter from Mr J. Wright Stewart, in which, without doubt, he hit the 1 ' omissions made by both electors and ' candidates. There appears to lie no I real iviison why the representative oi this district should not keep the ad- ' vaneement of it in view, even whilst

he is forwarding the interests of the colony, because by doing so Mr Stewa.t has shown that he will then have been doing both. Whilst it is most consolatory to a district, which reaps little of the " loaves and fishes " of public expenditure, to know that their representative holds proper notions of his duty to the btate, yet a representation of how much the State would gain by the advancement of ! .-he district wcr.lcl be more satisfactory. W,, 1 aye aware that when the ■ '.lea of improving the bar was proposed, Mr J. G. A'ilson secured the Head of the Marine Department to report upon its possibility, and we regret that his opinion was antagonistic to Mr Stewart's ; but some means might be tried by which Mr Stewart's scheme might be tested. Any way, as he writes so confidently of being able to accomplish what he purposes, at a reasonable outlay, the Government should employ him to make the necessary plans, so that the question might be properly gone into. We believe that any candidate who was elected would agree with this, more so Mr Wilson, who, we feel sure, would be only too glad to assist in every way in this matter. Of course we have not heard from him, but are judging him by his past action. The loop line, the real direct communication between Wellington and Auckland, lies between Levin and Greatford, and must be made, the shortening of the distance is so great, that it will not be long before this is done, either by the Government or by private enterprise. We make no especial appeal for this, as we rest very confident of its early realisation. Mr Stewart's railway tariff seems based on a clear comprehension of tne necessities of those residing at a, distance from the main outlets, and the only difficulty to meet is, the probable effect it would have on the earnings ot the railway. We shall have another opportunity of drawing attention to the proposal, and will now only state that though the rates differ for certain distances, they become reduced in proportion to the mileage to be travelled, and thereby offer a marked contrast to either Mr Yaile's or the Zone systems.