The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1913. THE PREMIER’S VISIT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 72, 2 April 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1913. THE PREMIER’S VISIT.

Stratford people of all shades of political opinion will be glad to welcome the Hon. the Premier and his colleague the Minister for Public Works on their arrival this evening, and will unite in making them welcome. It i« always an honour to receive a visit from the Premier of the Dominion, and this being the first occasion on which the Hon. W..F. Massey has been able to visit Stratford since assuming office, his reception ought to be a very hearty one. Mr Massey is by no means a stranger to Stratford, and on more than one occasion of late years found time, when Leader of the Opposition, amidst the stress of Parliamentary life and turmoil, to deliver an address in this town. As on past occasions and under past Premiers and other Governments, there will be plenty of deputations to wait upon the visiting Ministers, and some matters of very considerable interest to this district will be brought under the notice of the head of the Government. Railway matters will, of course, take pride of place, and some facts and figures with regard to both the Stratford-Tc Koura line and the suggested Opunake railway will be introduced. At this time there is no more important uncompleted railway in New Zealand than that connecting Stratford with the Main Trunk, and it is neither in the interests of the district nor of the country that this work should be allowed to lag in any way. The A. and P. Association will again urge tin' desirability of establishing a Model Dairy Farm in or near Stratford, and this re(|ue«t should, at anyrate, receive a sympathetic hearing from the Ministers. Other matters of moment to be introduced will be with regard to the Kotare Road to open up communication with the East Hoad, a work which eventually must be undertaken. The Omona Forest Reserve as a block suitable for settlement will also lie placed before the Premier. We do not have the Premier with us every day, and therefore, though time Avill be limited, it is desired to bring as many urgent matters under his notice as possible while be is in Stratford, and it is really astonishing how many urgent matters there are—or appear to be—to the people who arc most closely interested.