THE PREMIER IN TARANAKI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 133, 27 May 1908, Page 4

THE PREMIER IN TARANAKI.

AJ lIAWKKA. The L'remier -laved at Haw era lor a. >jwrt rime >»-t.-rd;ty. and «.i- drputa-tioni-ed <>u -werai loeal matter-. A d»'j-uinii..: i from the li.iu r i l lumber ci t :n:iHi'-t' *• u tMed mi Sir 10-e'ih Wit -1 I'etelViir i' In tn\\ JI neeil-.

Mr. U»i>ujn- reminded sir ph oi' a ].•• ]nd made that t i rtain alteration* and improvement- would lie (vrri.-d <m\ at the Haw era railway Mate>n in tie- d : i«Tiiim of umre ai i,»n. !n r'ar-t. Sir .ln-e|j|i httf -aid thai a .1,1 jii".-}i«* 11 -i\'v* -; In uu' .if general iii;}»r*>\rii'rnu \va- to be tarri.-cl •»iu at ,1 f< t-t «it -on.c tlnm-aml- of pMllle-. T!:! 51 1 ll- I.' Wa„ till* .jlli-Ii.HI ■it ;i..- r>-Hii»\al W the eaUh-var.l-,

whirli \vi-r«> 1-4 a pubiie ineiiar-.'. Ih»- people \\>re complaining ah:mt their rondiiion. Some time ap» an olli<fi' "I th«- l)«|".n tnn-ni visited Ha.\<ri with plan-. Sinn* then. Ik'W.-vi v. ho-

thing liatl U-i n heard. evep;. tint a few building- litd been erected. whirli wa- taken lor-ally a- an indication thai nothing would he done in tin.- way of tin- wanted. Sir .[<>-eph. replying. -aid the pu>iti«ni with regard t.» the propped improvement- \m- that tin v v.ejv on record. Hi l'.nieuiivr 'he in,liter, and would like 10 have -i.en tin- work gone on with; indeed, he «,i> ju-t a* an.xioiu as the deputation were thai it -hould Ih». I'm their railway programme was a heavy oue all nvi r the country. and other very impoitant matter- had had to take preceiteir e. Sir J< -eph repeated tlwt he was an\ia\i? lo .-jcc the improvement* proceeded with. Jlc gave hin av--uranec that they woiihl he tarried out in due course, imt he could not s ,iy when, lie would., liowever. hring the matter of iniprov»-m<Mits to thv >iaiion and tho removal of the eaule-yanU under tlic iiotko of the Miubtcr lor Kaiiwa\-j with nnuii pleasure.

Mr. JJiuuette said now that a grant had been made lor Uie liav.era lechnical School, the Ciuiuibcr was very anxious to get the building up. Would Sir Joseph urge tin- Department to expedite its erection; >ir-.foi-epli promised, to bring the reipie.-t undi r the notice of the Minister tor J-Miu-atiuu. IVr-oii-a'.ly he could not teii uoin memory What WJ; iloue. Mr. liobhiiis <'iii[iine'i of Sir .losejdi whether he could noi -ee hi- way clear to deliver a political addre.-s while in the diotrict. Sir Joseph expres»ed his regret at not being able t\i accede to the request juat now. lie would endeavor to run up perhaps one week-end during the .-ession. It was impo>-ible to overtake all the place-, lie was asked to visit.

-Mr. bobbins a-ked the Premier if anytiling definite had U»en done in regard to the Opunake railway. Were the tiovermuent going on with it': .Mr. Uolr bin* also jilted out that the Chamber hud been promised that when completed - had Wen made out they were to have cop\. "lhio they had ii.it received. Sir •Jox'pli repfieu that nothing had vet !>e«'n decided upon in regar.l to jieWj railway-, and with reh-rejice to the. "jmMjou of the e-timat: • of t||.- ]-dtiie> he would make eu<piirie-.. -ilawera star

AT KLTIIA.M. (IJy Our Special Keener.) Kith,mi. Li-t Nielli, sir Joseph Ward arrived in Klthani ye-terday l.y tile mid-dav train troni t'atea. and wa, ollici.illy welcomed bv the -Mayor. There wa- a attendance of [lie public, and iSii-ei- were -iven tor tin- Premier and Mi-- Wank .Sir -10-epli was then driicn lo the School. and alter in-peeting tlic ila--ioi.li l -. addr> --I'd the children. "-fi -i..-,.ph ar'terwaid- opem d the nc w I< "lil .si M.ool. touard- which the >"'venuuei!t had comribiitcd til 17.

AlUi bin-In on. a visit wa- pail to tile new Couriltou-e. an ornate ami commodious brick imi.-ture. which was opened by the lYciiiier in an appropriate >}><-

An adjournment wa- then made to receive the inevitable deputations. -Mr. W. Symc-. i1.1'.. i»u„,lined a deputation on tlic > u |,jcit uf Kotokare Ulke l>ililai», aecc-- to which was ur;;-iit!y needed in the intere-is of si ttleiiu nt and to make available tliia choice scenic and pleasure resort. The tlorou-h ( ouncil wa- willin- to contri■""e C--.il, the Countv Council .CIOO, and Mr. 1. -lenkin- (an adjoining prop« rt> <tv> U'-V) Cl'iO. and ;i pound tor pound I- JVI-lIIKit Hl -Itb-idy wa- a-ked. tin- a,!\i d 111Countv Cotin-

-ii to make ,i n'i'leii applii'al ion and |1 ; ike il- ■1: le-pi HI -11 ,;e lor t ||l' collect.on ..f tile contribution-. and he would provide Ike amount on ihe E-tinialc; I"i- eoii-ider.itiun.

Hi.- ipi'-tion of addilioual auoitimo- ■ lati-jn at the Ellhain l.niuay -laiion, "otjii- - -lied-, and eat ib- -1 ard- ua--tr.»n;_'iv ui'L'ed by a deputation which claimed I hat Kltiiam had outgrown tic e\i-tini.' laiilitic-. Sir promised to brills the leouc-t-. under the notice ot the Mini-ler for Kaiiwavs. A rcipie-L for the cMcii-ion of tiie telephone Hue beyond •iiu.iiia, where settlement u.i- in advance oi the roads, met with a prompt promi-e of authorisation in the of the women and children of the luckblocks.

Jiie perennial Hpunake railway < tion was Uie subject of the concluding deputation. the claims of tin? surveyed louu- from n»-ar Kltham bcin# urged. Tib* deputation pointed out that tho (.owniment three year* had promised io -eriou>ly consider the claims mi' the railway \ V h«-n the .Main Trunk w ; i- neurit.jf completion. The chairman ol the ( unity O'linci! pointed out that it wa«. at piv-ent co>tin«r C2un ;l mile t" keep the Kltham-Upunake road in l'-pair. owing to lb? heavy tralUc. It would require .OUton to put the portion of ihe road within the Ellhatn County alone in thorough repair. The ['retnier. in reply, undertook that the Opunake railway would be brought up for lull <-on-dd»-)ation when Governnunt «;i' c«iii-iderin«. r tin- <jUc-tion of in*w railway fines, v.Jiicli \va> bound to (.t.mo up U-fore very lunjr. At present the Cnvcrmneiit Jiad nineteen independent lines in hand, and the total amount available wa-» only .1:750.0110 per annum, of whi'li the Mam Trunk wa- absorb-, injr over C-'!on.noo. He had applications in hand now to comply with which would a!»orb ClH.unn.iHMi a year. He knew the importance of thi-, 'line, how-

ever, and knew the route and tho cla<> of country, ami while hi' would promise to brin;: it up for the full consideration of every meinlvr of the Government, lie could frankly tell them that in- could i'H \<>t -av what tin* Government in-, tended to do rc;.'ar<lin«: the bj;r (pie-dion ef new line*.

Ti»e deputation-, bavin;: thanked tb rr-ini'T. withdrew.