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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7901, 17 August 1905, Page 2

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(We arc not responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents.) \\ HANG AMO.MONA'S HEQCIKF.MKNTS. (To the Editor.) Hear Sir,—l have, by direction, to convey to you the thanks' of the Whangnmoniona liailway League 'for 'he article published in your issue of \tigust 1. He the question of Road or liailway, the League arc ull in fav. nit- of the railway, and no onq has 'niblished anything ngainst the mietal'•ins; of this road through the settlement or othel'wi-V We believe: tin ■set dement s-iould have, Ijeen nu'talled -ight throughout ere this;. lie the Stratford correspondent's letter in the Budget, wherein ho says he knows tht •ondilions existing in here. I wish !o ask him if the metalling proposed lo lie done at the foot of theWhan--t'.imomonn saddle will increase tht nilk supply ? Also if he is aware oi (lie fact that it was I who convend the meeting to get more metaling done last autumn, nnd thai w« o.byain«l the vote of £IOO to metal the worst places, in the road ? If the Stratford correspondent knows nnyhing of this placa he must know ihat tOi.Moad through tho Detainment has beeji nothing i>id a liJig track every winter, ami has. we ' believe, l*vn m-glected to suit other interests. The result is that the factory has suffered in consilience. Thi" factory paid out last season (i}d—and "ijd in the-Whitiangi Head—after a distinct promise from the proprietor lo pay 7d per Ih if the butter realized over ]()0 shillings on the Lonlon market. The Strnllfoitl correspondent knows this t 0 be true, as he was socretaiy for the company during that iiM-fod. Ilefcurding -the price offered this coming season. Mr McCluggage has sent a ]>aniphlet rouricl offering 7<i per IT), on n lUitest, less Jd for share capitM, [d sinking fund, -ind the whole thing rests on his obtaining a bigger supply. This offer can hardly lie taken seriously, an the, quantity of supply he rqruires to pay Ihe 7d is- not stated nnd loaves him in the position to say at the end of the season : "Well tho returns don't warrant me paying more "Uhlan sid," or nnything ho pleases, which is not satisfactory. If Mr McChigpagfl would oiler n price (say 8d) sufficient to Induce settlers to buy cows, gear, etc., to milk, and use his influence in getting the roart metalled Uvruugh the settlement, so that we couMisti|>ply the factory, ft would pjay both parties-. If he offered Ktl per In for !! years ho would get all the district milking, and ho would he the gainer thereby ;in it would mean more custom in his business and a (letter si ato if affairs generally. I can assure him the settlers won't touch .the price quoted in his offer. Coming now to trade, if New Plymouth nnli Strata ford wish to capture this they must havo (tiheHine! put- -through) at l otitt< not to Huiakama, but past W-hanßlw iitoiiiann., or they will not lie able to compete with the other end. Mr Seddon says he sees no reason why this line should not he completed at about tne <fame. time as the niaitrunk line, which ho haw proinisc'cl will be finished -when the House meets ill 190 H. In conclusion, while thank. ing you for the spaced am taking, I have left out the question of rates, which will Jim greatly increased if t-hn railway is put through. 1 trust the public will see the difference between the petition of the. settlers to -have the railway put through, and certain interested representations ol persons who have tried to create dissension but failed.—l am. etc., 10. M. IZETT, f<ec. yviiingaimoraona liailway league. Kohurntahi, August 13, lOOf).