DOGS IN THE MANGER.
il'he parodualcfiiQi displayed by some townships' iii New. Zealand is so .pronounced as ito he nauseating. An agitation 'was .started an Masterton years ago to' cpen up theJbirtile lands of the East Coast. There wans every reason to thin kthat this agitation would bear •fruit at an early date. But because the construction of >an East Coast railway wiU not specially benefit Pa - merston (North aind Danne.vi.rke, the iwrow-minded residents of these townships are .seutrig themseTves up to oppose the project. One' oan hardly find words strong enough to describe such dog-in-the-manger tactics.. Masterton. is willing to sink its own identity in the> matter, and to fight for an East Coast railway in the general interests of the Dominiom, leaving the qus'stic'n of route entirely to the Government. Palmer.sil:on and Bannevirke .would deny tho settlers access to the markets, (because nature has designed that o::e township cannot be in two places.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 1 July 1912, Page 4
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155DOGS IN THE MANGER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 1 July 1912, Page 4
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