The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5061, 2 April 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1885.

Constant dropping; wears away a stone, and we may hope that in the present, case persistent advocacy may push, aside obstacles unreasonably placed. We are almost weary of urging the npcessity of pointing oat the advantages to the district gained by the pursuance of the original design to construct a railway line from Thames to Te Aroha. The results deriv- , able from this work are not only confined to the immediate, districts it passes through, but the General Government is financially benefitted by its being parried out. The revenue of the country is augmented by tlie development of every available acre in it, and along the route proposed to be. taken by the line under review there are {numerous are.** of pro*

ductive land, which, without easy and economical communication, are likely to remain almost unused for years to como, if not for ever. The Government taxes and charges resulting from the increase and settlement of population in the.neighborhood of the lino should, in themselves, be an iuducement to the powers that ba to push along the lino, as these things mean an immediate return, while they are using to construct the work borrowed money, which can be repaid in the years to come. The plans have been forwarded co Wellington, and every possible haste should bo urged upon the Government with a view to induce them to immediately call for tenders for the line to bo constructed. No delay in pushing ahead this long deferred project should bo unresistingly put up with, and wo think that were the Railway Committee, aided by the member for the district, to keep their case well before Government, the promise made to call for tenders as early as possible for the construction of the line, would be fulfilled sooner than if no move is made in the matter. It 13 therefore to bo hoped that the bare promises of those in power will not satisfy the people, bat that steps will be taken to urge the matter onward until we see this long expected, and necessary work in full swing. , ' , •