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WHAT THE LOCK WOULD I MEAN. Asked if the Harbour Board intended to do anything in the mear- | time in connection wi'h the lock proposal, the chairman replied in the negative. The Board, he said, proposed to take no sction at present, ; but was prepared at any, time to cooperate with the Waiuku people in revmrg the propoßßl. "The Board was prepaid to have ?one on with the scheme, bearing a consid. rable proportion of the cost." he added, "but those whose interests are chiefly concerned have a perfect right to their opinion of the question, and they have decided to c!efer contideralion of it. To my mind railway connection with Waiuku will render all the mote necessary improved water facilities. Thesa latter, in the present case, involved the impounding cf a very large area of tidal water, with several miles of Lreshore, and the provision of a minimum ot 10 feet of water at Waiuku, which—apart trom the improvement effected of the whole area concerned—would have made possible a steamer service from Onehunga regardless of tidal conditions. The whole question will now, of cours?, be d.f;rred pending the commission's investigation and report, upon which will very largely depend the action which will be taken by the Board." POSSIBILITIES UF IHE FUTURE. Mr Gunson went on to pjint out that Waikato interests are vitally affected by the proposal concerning waterways, and there was sUo the question of connection between the Waitemata and Kaipara Hmbours. These proposals might at present seem something for the future, but he believed the time was fast approaching when the rapid d;viloptnent of the of this province would necessitate a progressive policy in regard to the whole of them. "Even if one could imagine for a moment what it would mean to trade a-d the general interests of the province," said Mr Gunson, "for even barges, launches, or small trading vessel?, to be able to leave the Auckland wharves and on the one hand pass right away down into the heart cf the Waikato. and on the other hand run right through to the • Kaipara waters to the many branches of that magnificent river, one could i have but faint conception cf the I possibilities of development in this 1 way within the Auckland Province."