THE RAILWAY MOVEMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10666, 22 June 1912, Page 4

THE RAILWAY MOVEMENT.

| The Masterton Chamber of Commerce 'hiais acited wisely in elaborating its •proposals for opening tip the East Coast country by .means of 'a railway,, ; -and by taking the .initiative, in' the i form'a'tioin of a Railway .League, .This League, to be effeotive, must have it(he co-operaltion of Wellington, Napier, and all the aJltervariing townships. The, objective irnrst be the con--(sbructioit of a railway from WaipukuIrdu south., .so that the whote of the East Coast will ibe served. The question: of mUicire' the southern terminius . ■Should' be lis,' feir the time beinig, ctf minor importance. P/robably a rep- I reeeaxtatave Leagiue, if .formed, would I discover | tlha>t it won/Id: 'be" to. the ad- | •vantage' of the D'oimiiioni to have a I sino run through to Maff/tidborough. j In tile meantime, the citi.ee of Well- | ington aimd Niaipw .must be impress- j od /witllx .the faat tjialt toy, a'nd iCic •inter medial be centre,s, • an,& going to'derive cnicaiculaible benefits by tho opening of the back-blocks to closer settlement. The' Maste,rtori Chamber .should invite representatives of the Wellington, Napiar aihd other Cham- j (bors to be preisient at the. .meeting called for the .purpose of forming \a Leagtie, so that concerted action may he taken. To approach the subject from fa parochial standpoint would be to oourfc defeat. ,li'f .the question of iclhe Opming of . the (East Coast districts- is . worthy of iconisideration at a3l, It. im:udt be'.dieciUissed irotai a national, and not a local poin'b of view. ' . • I