THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913 PROGRESS OF WAIUKU.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 2, Issue 130, 23 September 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913

PROGRESS OF WAIUKU.

"We nothing extenuate, nor &et down aught in malice."

The cam 1 schem; has now coma j before the people of Waiuku as ! beng within the practical scope of | the near future, tut part of the i bigger Echeme is the rendering of ; the Wa.uku channel navi2able, this work it is proposed to accomplish i fi*st. Ilia improvement, while I affording a material and ImmtfJiate i to Waiuku, is a very ne:es- ' sary cart of the canal project so ! thut we hope that the Waiuku district will not lightly commit itself to permanently bearing all the burden |on the capital invulved. When the I canal is eventually cut the services ■of the imprisoned waters will be I employed by the Waikato river i trad?, up as far as Hamilton, | equally with the trade of Waiuku, j consequently provision should be I made nuw so that when the time j comes for the districts surrounding ! the upper reaches of the Waikato : river to be benefite: l , these districts ; will contribute their share of interest ; upon capital and the maintsnance of ; the lock. A little sateauirding in j this direction now should result in a substantial saving in the years to I come. We heartily congratulate the people of Waiuku upon their disposition to help the Harbour Board's i plans iorivarJ, and compliment Mr j Kosfiter upon his rebellion against j Waiuku's past policy cf stick-ir- : the-mud. As Di Howden pointed I out it is for Wa.uku to say now j whithir thj township and district u to march forward or not. With a serviceable waterway always available, and with the creation of a ; Town Board to direct local improvc- | merit?, we know of no township in New Zealand which might blossom into such picturesqueness and prosperity as Waiuku. Of course, the question raised at Thursday's meeting will have to te considered, namely: Will the canal or lock project militate against the prospects of , ihe railway? Hut by rail or by water, and preferably by both, Waiuku mint have a vastly improved mens of transport if that i rich district is to reap the full ! fruits of its productive capacity. If j the ifailway League were to put the questio.i. rrankly and officially to Mr : Mtss.y, tl.cn a large and interested section if settlers between Waiuku and the main railway line would know where they stood in the matter. We hail with pleasure the growing spirit of progress—a spirit which is justified by the volume of business already done in the township, by its potentialities as a highly desiratle tlace of residence, ar.d by the fertility of the surrounding districts to which Waiuku stands as the. commercial centre.

FIRST PAGE. Increased shipping freights on Auckland butter; tax tn important provincial industry. A dance carnival; Pukekohe Football's Club's euccessful masque, plain and fancy dress ball. The Golf Bat'. FOURTH PAGE. Correspondence to the Editor in reply to Mr J. W. McLarin's letter about the Farmed' Union and the mortgage tax.