AUCKLAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2225, 24 June 1908, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

[Special to “Times.”] AUCKLAND, Juno 23. UP-TO-DATE WHARVES. At a meeting of the Harbor Board to-dav a letter was road from Air. W. A. I’ve relative to tho width ol O’Ne.iil’s Point wharf. Tho writer suggested that tho Board should erect a wharf wide enough to enable the running of trains right on to tho too. This, ho contended, would bo a great convenience to the travelling public, and equally advantageous in tho handling of goods. Tho establishment of tho Tnkapunn tram service would moan the soiling of a great deal of land north of Taknpuiia which is eminently adapted for fruitgrowing. Iu the event of the trams being a bio to connect witli tho boats it would save a great deal of handling of delicate cargoes such as fruit, lie urged that the O’Neill’s Point wharf shed be just as up-to-date as those being erected on the, Auckland side of tho harbor. AUCKLAND RAILWAYS.

The “Star,” referring to the Railway League meetings, says: “We are by no means anxious either to fitir up afresh local rivalries that .are now happily dying out, or to depreciate tho consideration that our public t -irks have received during tho last throe years from the Government, hut admitting that there are lines in other parts of tho country that need to ho pushed on, and that Auckland railways have been better treated during the past three years than before, we still hold,.that Auckland, because it includes the best land yet unopened iu the Dominion, has a very special claim on tho generosity of Parliament. As to tho Main Trunk line, it lias progressed so 'much faster than before that we may reasonably expect to see trains running through- by November as the Premier has predicted, hut so far as Auckland is concerned the completion of tin’s great work will not make any serious difference to our local development. Looking at the public works system from tho purely local standpoint. we hold that the North Auckland line, tho East Coast railway to connect Gisborne with the Bay of Plenty" district, and the Stratford-' Ongarue connection with the Alain Trunk are all of greater importance to a? than the central line itself. Now tliat the Alain Trunk is so near completion, it seems to us that our Railway League and our members should concentrate their energies chiefly upon the promotion of tho North Auckland and East Coast lilies. It is impossible to do everything at once, and now that the Alain Trunk problem is practically solved we hope that our Parlia'mojitar.v representatives will devote their attention chiefly to securing adequate votes for the North Auckland and the East Coast lines.”