Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 1905. A WANT

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42768, 22 August 1905, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 1905. A WANT

Jhis above all—to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day 'Jhou cansi not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

In a district where communication is established only by a bi-weekly coach mail, and where no telegraphic facilities are provided, then that district ; s indf ed cut off from the outer world. Yet we have examples of such c mditions existing in the neighbour ing districts a dozen or so miles from Te Aroha. and it is a fact that, from a place situated but fouiteen miles away it takes the greater part of a week to .obtain a reply to correspondence by mail. Manawaru, Aratiatia, and the Gordon each possess a popula ion which warrants thpm being linked up with a head office by a telephone circuit , and those who have the interest of these districts at heart would, in pilo'ing this scheme through, be conferring a great boon upon the inhabitants of these outlying settlements, and at the same time earn for themselves well merited praise. Those who are accustomed always to enjoy the convenience of a daily mail and the facilities of electric intercommunication, c m perhaps hardly realise the diffi-' culties that som®times beset the resi dents in these unconnected districts. In case of sickness, for instance, a couple of hours, maybe,—a serious delay when a human life hangs in the balance —is added to the time taken to secure medical aid, and this to rough the lack of a necessity by means of which most of the isolated guvi stores in North Auckland are connected to some centre. And under the present conditions, piople wishing to convey cattle or other stock from the district by rail, are under the necessity of making a special journey to Te Aroha in order to arrange with the railway authorities, thus consum mg three or four hours’ time for a transaction which could be effected in as msny minutes were telephonic com niunication established. About twelve miles of line in addition to that already open to Waiorongo.nat would link up these south-lying districts, and as we learn that the cost of these installations is not excessive, there is little ground for fear that the Dusiness developed would not be more than sufficient to clear all charges even during the first year of working, but if a guarantee were required, no doubt it would be forthcoming.