"WAKE UP WELLINGTON!"
Under the above heading, the Wellington Evening Post makes editorial reference to the discussion at the Jdst meeting, of the IVjasterton Chamber of Commerce. It lays special stress upon tbe statement that Auckland is tocaptnre the trade of the urges the citizens axid merchants of W&lingtoin -to be up and doing. Hmoidentally, jfyremarkß "Wlrat- we ate oonoemed with is tihe broader question raised—why Wellington, does not devote more systematic effort, in and out of Parliament, to opening up and developing the great possibilities of the Eaet Qpa«t. Development
should include not only the providing of better access —whether by sea or lan •ft steady .campaign against .big, estates and reaggrega tio n. . . . Wellington should enter with vigour into the East Coast development campaign, because the coast is Wellington's hinterland. If we allow Auckland to forestall us that is our own fault. . . "
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 April 1913, Page 4
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144"WAKE UP WELLINGTON!" Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 April 1913, Page 4
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