CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 331, 19 June 1911, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

AN APPEAL. To the Editor. Sir,—Why made, and wliy you should help, J make no apology, Mr. Editor, for putting forward reasons why town and country should not come up and help now. The prospects of very important developments in the progress of New Plymouth in the immediate future were never so encouraging or so curtain as to-day. In a very few months the port will be open to direct shipping, ■ when everything produced in and re- | quired for the whole province will be [ imported and exported at considerably J less cost, and a large amount of labor will be employed in connection therewith. The pushing on of the railway to and past Whangamomona will immensely increase the production, and thus the revenue. The development of the Jlokau mines, the settling of the Mokuu-Mohakatina block (about 00,000 acres), and the more intense fa'rming of the whole province will largely increase both population and produce. The development of the oil and iron industries, more encouraging than ever before, all point to the employment of a large amount of labor and the expenditure of much capital. The completion of the Greater New Plymouth scheme and the laying down of trams improve the facilities for settlement in town and country. The centralising of all our efforts in one big display should commend itself to the judgment of all fairminded business people. Thus the scheme for the erection of a large hall for territorial purposes, for winter shows and other public functions should call forth the unsolicited support of settlers, tradespeople and capitalists. We all live on the products of the land; the capitalist gets his interest; the tradesman gets his business; the settler gets his provisions; the laborer his wages; all directly or indirectly from the land. The last show .proved two things to this community, viz., the possibilities of the district, and the winter show as the best means of advertising the district. Let North Taranaki rise to the occasion. Let every settler give ss, 10s or 20s, according to his financinl status, I am sure the town will respond, and North Taranaki will have a Coronation Hall worthy of the Dominion and the pride of the province. I appeal to every member of the Agricultural Society to send along his annual subscription and an extra 10s special donation to the Coronation Hall within one month, and to every settler who is not a member of the society to send us a special Coronation Hal] donation to the foundation stone-laying on Thursday at 3.30 p.m.. or during the month. This would enable us to get the building started right away so as to secure splendid accommodation for next winter show, which already promises to ba verymuch greater than the last. Biff efforts mean sacrifice! United effort means victory. Success means great satisfaction to all who help. Let every citizen nnil settler snv "We did it." T will place my £lO on the stone and hope to see many of our wealthy citizens do much better.—l am, etc., W. AMBURY.