The Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919. PUKEKOHE AND PERSISTENCE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 478, 30 May 1919, Page 2

The Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919. PUKEKOHE AND PERSISTENCE.

"We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice."

Ix recent issues of the Times we published reports describing various projects for the advancement of the town and district. With a view to keeping up interest in these things, we would like, while the iron is hot, to stress the value of the quality ot persistence. We want, for instance, the Auckland-Wellington express trains to make Pukekohe a stopping place on Sundays as well as on week-days. Representations on the matter were made a considerable time ago, but the good old excuse that the cutting out of the Pukekohe stoppage, a.- "a war measure," was trotted out in full dress parade. Very well; the

! war is over : and again, as was stated in the report of the last meeting of the Pukekohe Chamber of Commerce, representations are being forwarded. This is good, as fir ns it goes, and it must be followed up, agaiu and again, by letters, personal interviews, and a press campaigu, until the desired object is achieved. The foregoing remarks apply to the matters of a prpposed new police station, telephone facilities, mail services, experimental farm, and other things aimed at. Ever\ person, and every organization interested must bring all their weight to bear, directly or indirectly, in season and out of season, to attain the desired goals. From press and platform we are constantly being told that we —the people ot New Zealand—are a democracy. One might also state that, to some extent, we are also demagogic. At anyrate, the few who agitate the most, and call out the loudest, often get their desires fulfilled, while the staid, easy-going ma- i iority are calmly brushed aside. This being so, the majority, would they but make their more just claims heard, loud and long, might reasonably be expected to get their dues more frequently than they do now, as a ruK To achieve success, it is necessary to hammer away, working and agitating unceasingly. until, at last, the com Hined efforts of the community are brought to fruition. Persistence, resource, tact, pushfulness, judicious propaganda in both the local and daily papers, wise, enterprising guidance, tempered with reasonableness, will smash or circuniveut all obstacles. Motto- ADYANCK PUKEKOHE AND DISTRICT !"