TALL NOTIONS—GUSH.
The terminus of the Wellington-Mana-watn Railway is to be at Longburn, near Palmerston. The Manawatn Standard expects general prosperity from “ this great colonial undertaking.” Timber (the staple export) will increase in value, and higher prices will rule in farm and dairy produce. Higher prices for products mean increased value for laud, and an increased circulation of money. The population of the district is to double itself in a very short time, and people flock thither from all parts of the Australian Colonies. Five years of brisk times are deemed certain during the progress of the work, and as portions of the line are opened for traffic, thousands of industrious settlers are expected to settle upon the magnificent land thereby made available. Before long the Napier junction will also be commenced, “placing Palmerston in the grand position—a position to which no other inland town in the North Island can hope or expect to attain, as the grand centre of railway communication between all the chief seaport*.”
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Patea Mail, 25 November 1881, Page 4
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167TALL NOTIONS—GUSH. Patea Mail, 25 November 1881, Page 4
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