LOCAL STEAMER SERVICE ADVOCATED.
" ' : .i ;To ■ the Editor. ".Sir,7-AUch'dy we'have had two sailing ships' fron^dverscarat'tlic Breakwater. Yei ! s ; : slioirtly \vg will have a steamer ' "frdih" Sydney, and within a very few mrfnttys \rn will Up In a position to berth "Hbine 1 boats at the breakwater. This ' lias /i very alluring' prospect,' but will ! ,it. V« ; a11y brjngus that amount of benefit- ' fre';"fire' so' complacently looking for? Cerfa)ii)y jnotj unless we wake up at once" to the possibilities- aad: take steps tiP Beyef&p ihe potentialities of the barb6t)' ''Ai present almost the entire in»jtojcis,. wjieriee they are distributed ' oV-er'tlje Dominion ( by rail or local steamers' 'Ji Jfew Plymouth aspiras to be '. anjtliing 0/ a port, We must at once ' , p'rasp <|lie .position and "get a hustle on. \Vfc to start a - local steamship poflipany, and. procure two boats, one for .those .ports, capable of admitting a fairly large boat., and a smaller one for ,'.sVicn plijces ..as Opunake, etc. Then we w'oiiljl jb'ciil'a position to distribute all 'rfvfrsjjais imports to all ports .on the West Coast- from. Raglan to At present (lie Union Steam Ship, ('(impair Wellington. "New Plymouth and Onehmiga, lmt it does n.ot work the smaller] porfs, so that if friendly over- ' tuirbs Wyre to, it js •dlli evSnv \vaV' jiWely U).{it an agreement. : plight bp' entered into whereby Company.WJmld. collect from the smaller, portsT AH ! ;'-freight for Wellington, One- •. /hunga and flic South Island and ii\i:islii|t • ;'sswne t<p ).he t'nioil . .Company's boats ■ at;.the ibrealrw&ter, and- the Union Com■'j».nyr^'onl,d.':reciplroente .by. .bringing- to 1 Nbw^l^to'MK'nrt"frpiph)fe for the small "j><frtrf l and , ''tVaj\!shiji to- ,th<| locally-owned • ilioalsE.! 'shippers' learn,, tljat- our. ha/übnr possesses these -facilities (or distrib!U.tii!gJ''g66(ls they "will ivail them'selves: of' tlieln. WZc will, without any > 'douibt: Very'shortly .become th.e.export- : '.tag centre of the, province. Theji why 'not'iiialke it the chief importing harbor as welll? Tn.ithe .frayback country - the ; representatives bf both Auckland and i\VeHlAat,6jlf7fmns are-plentiful. -They are muchimorie in evidence than onr New Plytamitii; representatives. Why isttris?'' clt ojtghjt.not toibe so, and unless we' get . :ft':mo!rfl ,«nj We,'are 'going to beMcft. 1: H is little good hugging the idea that the-! .\Vnjy,l)a(!k of Taranaki belongs to iiis, andi tliat no one has a right to the trade. but ourselves. Geographically, it) js.wilhin the boundaries of our province^l>jjt we roust make it ours commerciallylooking.flfter it, and proving to the | .s,toi;ekeeporsi"a!mb ! settlcrsS' that . Pltypiputjli oali successfully compete . iWitli'iUleyipg/iCitieji 'at 'either end' of: tln",;M!un.,Tiiiinkr'Jine»' andcone of' thri: flr^i 1 <stens,'/toj,v,;i l rds I .this.4s fcf> import direct' r the .goods at the 'lowest' ( jP9Sfili° j?°?t-o Ai.-ipresent the S-oost- ol" . .casting gratis tpi Qpunake is .about Hfts- , p_err^oxi, buji.a small steamer suitable for ~tha,t ipoiit-,,w0u1d,! .take goods down for ..aboflt] 12s Gd and bring it nick butter. , ,c}ie<lfe., pjxi. iThere. l 'are fully-a dozen i; small(ipoits oil,' the West Coast, which .^c.Qjfld/be.,forked from here, and 'T. corti)-' ~ ise], iP\ymouth residents to gid to work at|,Qnfp, or s,ome one m«v. jiimn our claim. In business there is no standing stilU Tf.-.we are rrot.';idva.nei<i!> w«m ■ ntiijtjL lie retrogressing. <• Which-,»v«yi v.'il! Xew Pt,v,|>i,oi]tli.-.
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