Chapter 116 Repairing the North Island Railway (Please Subscribe!)

"In the next two years, the most important plan of the Coalition Party is to increase New Zealand's recognition of the Coalition Party and its recognition of the alliance with Australia. I hope that there will be a detailed report on the actions of the Coalition Party every once in a while, and I will strongly support your actions." Arthur glanced at Grant and said meaningfully.

"I understand, Your Highness. The union of Australia and New Zealand has always been the pursuit of the Coalition Party. We will do our best to get more New Zealanders to support the union of New Zealand and Australia. I believe that the country formed by the combination of New Zealand and Australia will be stronger. This is a choice that New Zealanders and Australians will not regret." Grant nodded quickly and said in a general way.

Mayor Grant's action was indeed very fast. Only the next day, members of the Coalition Party could be seen on the streets of Wellington promoting the ideas of the Coalition Party. Slogans such as uniting with Australia and jointly building a beautiful Oceania were endless.

Originally, the New Zealand colonial government still had a certain degree of suppression on political parties, but under Arthur's signal, the New Zealand government did not carry out any boycott this time, but chose to let the Coalition Party act.

But in the eyes of the people, the government did not raise any opposition, which was actually tacit approval.

Under the premise that the government did not oppose, more people joined the Alliance Party, and even some former members of the New Zealand Labor Party, after hesitant thinking, chose to give up their membership of the New Zealand Labor Party and joined the Alliance Party instead.

With Arthur's secret support and the inaction of the colonial government, the development momentum of the Alliance Party could no longer be stopped. In just one week, the number of members of the Alliance Party expanded to more than 200, and its influence had successfully developed to major cities in the North Island of New Zealand.

According to conservative estimates, the Alliance Party can attract thousands of members within at least two years, and these people will also play a vital guiding role in major cities in New Zealand.

The current Alliance Party is a helper for Arthur to annex New Zealand. The larger the scale of the Alliance Party, the faster the progress of annexing New Zealand.

This is also the reason why the Alliance Party was able to obtain Arthur's support and the colonial government did nothing.

Without the participation of the British Empire, Arthur is the person with the highest voice in New Zealand, and there is no one else.

Even General Pierce, the commander of the New Zealand garrison and one of the top leaders in New Zealand, had no chance of winning against Arthur.

Although the Alliance Party is currently developing unstoppably in New Zealand, Arthur cannot stay in New Zealand forever.

But Arthur is not worried that the Alliance Party's development momentum will exceed his control. New Zealand is not one of those free countries in Europe, and the limited freedom in New Zealand can only be enjoyed with Arthur's permission.

Let alone whether the Alliance Party will exceed Arthur's control within two years, under the current background of New Zealand, even if the Alliance Party is given ten years, it will definitely not be able to exceed Arthur's control.

Under the background that New Zealand is an autonomous colony, the greatest power that the Alliance Party currently has is only the majority of seats in the Political Council.

And the rights of the Political Council are also granted by Arthur and can be taken back at any time.

The Alliance Party, which has lost power, will never be able to get out of Arthur's control, not to mention that Grant Wilson, the leader of the Alliance Party, is under Arthur's control.

Let the Alliance Party continue to grow freely and wildly. Arthur, accompanied by a group of officials from the colonial government, inspected everywhere in the North Island of New Zealand, including factories, railways, roads, schools, hospitals and various public facilities built by New Zealand before, all within the scope of Arthur's inspection.

Since he came to New Zealand, he must make a series of development plans for the government before leaving.

At least during the period when Arthur was not in New Zealand, the New Zealand government had something to do and the New Zealand people could feel Arthur's presence.

It was a good plan to repair the previous railways and roads and support the hospitals and schools built before.

These facilities had already been built in New Zealand before. Whether it was repairing and renovating them or investing funds to support them, it would only cost a small amount of money to start using them again.

Not only could it quickly let the New Zealand people see the changes and let the New Zealand economy recover quickly, but it also did not cost a lot of money, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The first stop of Arthur's inspection was the railway built by New Zealand. Railways are very important for the development and construction of a country. They are not only one of the main means of transportation, but also an important way of population mobility.

Thanks to the good development of New Zealand before, New Zealand currently has a railway in the North Island and the South Island, with a total mileage of about 300 kilometers.

The longest railway is located in the North Island, connecting Wellington in the southernmost part of the North Island, the gold mining area in the west and the bay in the north, and it almost became the circular railway of the North Island of New Zealand.

This railway is very important for the economic exchanges of the North Island of New Zealand, but because of the previous economic downturn in New Zealand, a long part of this railway has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of the entire railway has been suspended.

For Arthur and the colonial government, the most important thing is to restore the operation of this railway.

Most of the population of New Zealand lives in the North Island, which is also the center of New Zealand's economy and politics.

If the normal operation of the railway in the North Island of New Zealand can be restored, then the first step of the plan for New Zealand's economic recovery will be half successful.

Fortunately, this railway was built only more than 30 years ago. Most of the railways can be put into use again after simple repairs. The remaining railways only need to replace some parts or directly re-lay the rails.

According to the colonial government's estimate, it only takes less than 200,000 pounds of funds and 1,000 workers to repair all the railways in the North Island.

Under the premise that all New Zealanders hope that the New Zealand economy can recover, it is not difficult to gather these 1,000 workers.

Arthur did not hesitate and directly ignored the distressed eyes of the colonial government officials and transferred 200,000 pounds from the government funds to repair all the railways in the North Island of New Zealand.

This fund was actually donated to the New Zealand government by Arthur as the Duke of Australia, with a total of 2 million pounds.

So far, the total funds owned by the New Zealand government have not exceeded 3 million pounds, which is why the officials of the colonial government were so distressed after Arthur spent 200,000 pounds.

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