Increasing Production.

“One of the principal benefits the Railway confers on Wairoa and the intervening districts to Napier is the opportunity it affords for increasing both primary and secondary production throughout the area it serves. In this respect the railway makes easy the transport of goods and livestock to a degree not otherwise possible and at a cost below that of any other means. More productive land, greater settlement, the creation of new markets, a more extensive interchange of commodities and a general increase in the wealth of the whole community are among the blessings the Railways bring in their wake.

“That is the experience of other districts and that will be, to an outstanding degree, the experience of northern Hawke's Bay in the years upon which we are now entering. And I believe that, as the line proceeds to link up with Poverty Bay there will be a further increase in the importance of Wairoa as a productive and industrial centre.”