National had first ‘notion'
Nelson reporter Nelson’s notional railway did not, as most people believe, originate from the rejection of the Nelson-Blenheim railway link by the 1960 National Government. Many New Zealand newspapers recorded on Tuesday that the notional railway system had been granted to Nelson to offset the abandonment of the railway link to the South Island’s Main Trunk sytem. The notional railway originated in the last year of Sir Sidney Holland’s 1955 National Government. In June, 1957, the then Mayor of Nelson was advised that Sir Sidney’s Government would complete the survey of possible routes between Nelson and Blenheim and pending a decision on the route and construction he promised Nelson a “notional railway.” This began on November 4, 1957. That same month, National lost the General Election and Sir Walter Nash’s Labour Government proceeded with the plans for the railway link. When, in turn, Labour was defeated at the polls in 1960, the National Government rejected the link.
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Press, 19 April 1979, Page 2
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161National had first ‘notion' Press, 19 April 1979, Page 2
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