The Temuka Leader. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1382.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9418, 15 June 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1382.

So there is to be another loan. Several North Island members waited on the Government last Tuesday with regard to the completion of the main tiunk line thi'ough the North Island, and they got a sort of an assurance that a loan would be raised, and that tfie principal features of any more borrowing would' be the construction of main trunk lines. How will this affect the South Island, whose railways are principally constructed ? Otago will have her trunk interior line, but Canterbury's trunklinehas been constructed, and may not come in for any share of the loan. We should suggest that Canterbury ought to go in for a line between Christchurch and the | West Coast, and also for small branch lines calculated to develop her industrial resources. For instance a line between this town and Kakahu would be invaluable. The Kakahu building stone is certainly the best we h »ve Been. It is , far superior to Oamaru, and superior to Mount Somers stone. There is also a coalfield at Kakanu, and a railway to it would result in these industries being developed. It would not be fair to us , down here to be saddled with a further loan, to benefit the North Island only, and if raised the only way to equalise the benefits to be obtained from it is to give a share of it to each provincial district. If there is a loan raised, and Canterbury is excluded from getting a share of it our representatives should endeavor to see to it, as otherwise we shall have to pay taxation for developing th? resources of the North Island. A railway to Kakahu wonld result in waking up this town to commercial activity, and those who have property in it ought to lose no time, in endeavoring to get it. The works to be carried out by the money borrowed, wi'l, we understand, be specified in a schedule to the Bill authorising the raising of the loan. An effort will be made to give a share of it to every district, and if the people of this, district only bestir themselves we see no reason why they should not get as much as vvould construct the line above re-iei-red to. The benefit which would be gained therefrom would compensate tenfold for any extra taxation consequent on the raising of the loan, but if that is not granted the people of this district should certainly oppose it, as it's not fair that they should be taxed to improve the North Island.