Auckland Reminder For Mr. Semple
^ AUCKLAND, June 9. "I was amazed to read tlie recent remarks of the Minister of Works concernin'g a motorway linking Aucklaii'l with Wellington and the steps being taken to use a lot of dollars for tlie purcliase of plmit in America to construct -the Rimutaka tunnel," the .\fayor, Mr. .T. A. C. Allum, said today. Mr. Senqile said nothing alron t tlie urgeut joi) of providing Auckland with a modern electric rail service. Quick transjrort is necessary — -transport by electric railwav service so that tlie people ea n get from the centre of the irity to the most distant suburbs in a maUer • of minutes. The positiou becoiuiug exasperating and it is most disajrpoiutiug to find far less pressing projects- apparently Ireing given preference, " •
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1948, Page 9
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