VANCOUVER'S PROGRESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 117, 3 October 1912, Page 7

VANCOUVER'S PROGRESS

, A LESSON FOR NEW ZEALAND. . Mr. Albert Kayc, a Christchurch mer.djant, who is attending the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce at Boston as one of the New Zealand delegates, writes to the Christchurch Press as, follows from Vancouver:—

. "The progress of Vancouver lias been nothing short of marvellous. Handsome hqteis, huge structures for offices and warehouses' have sprung into being in, all directions, while many miles of 'streets have been, and are being, rapidly lahl down in asphalt, making splendid roads for the large number of automobiles ■ and other vehicles that fill the tnproiighfares from end to'end. The boast that this city will in the near future "become the largest and most attractive city of the whole of the Pacific coast, seems in a fair way to become an accomplished fact, and the public buildings seam to indicate that this thought is at the back of all plans, and forms the justification for their magnificent conception. "It would be a grand thing for New Zealand," the writer continued, "if our legislators, heads of all departments, Mayors, councillors, etc., could be brought to these shores and shown over this progressive country. Then, provided they were able to get out of the deadly grooves of tradition, and were really prepared to be receptive of what would be seen to be worthy of working out in their own land, the benefits would be incalculable. For anyone to come in the spirit that must have emanated a quondam Minister for Eailways, one could find nothing in the workings of the railway in Australia worthy of being put into force in: Jsew Zealand, would be mere waste of time, but a live, earnest ' man would pick up points that could be of Untold value to his particular sphere of public work. "What strikes a. stranger is the fine class of men that form the bulk of the business community—courteous, ready to listen, quick to grasp new ideas, eager to adapt such as meet their approval, and with an unswerving belief in the ' future of their country. These traits have been .shown in the rapid increase of trade relations between our country and this rapidly expanding one; so much so, that though only two years since our mail steamers were running with comparatively small cargoes, they cannot now nearly carry all that is offering. It in two years such changes can be effected, what immense strides one or two decades may show!"