The Purpose of the Railway.

Mr. H. M. Campbell, M.P., in most fitting remarks, stated that he agreed entirely with the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates when he said that it was impossible without railways to make light country such as Kaiwaka and Tutira pay. By means of the railway, cheaper fertilisers can be available, and by their application primary production is soon increased. The competition of motor traffic was causing some concern to the Railway Department, but he could assure settlers that the railways could supply their needs much more efficiently than could the motor lorries. Better means would be afforded by the railways of getting produce to the port, and he was satisfied that in time it would be a payable proposition. In conclusion, Mr. Campbell said that the trip would afford many townspeople some idea of the nature of the difficulties that the back country settlers had to contend with and of the struggle that had been made to overcome these difficulties.