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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 546, 29 June 1909, Page 5

;; It has been iather' widely vjuring. his recent .visit, to tho May district, the Minister for Public Works (Hon. B: M'lCehr.ie) .made'- an impoi'tant .'announcement with ..reference to the future railway policy: of tho Tho' elfcct : of his roiimrks: was stated to: be, that the Government intended to adopt the principle of making'ten miles of railway in tho North Island for one niilo' in tho South, until inequality in railway mileage between tho two islands was rectified; 'Replying to an inquiry by a Dominion reporter yesterday, Mr. M'Kenzio remarked -that,' what he", had intended to convoy, was that,, owing to tho'railways ■in the South . island, undur construction nearing completion,' several miles' ! of rail-' iyays in tho ■ ■ North -.Island would bo soon under - construction, to every ono .in, tho South Island. He did .not inaka any stntoment tn,thc elfert tlint the policy of tho Government would be to prosecute the' North lslmid-railways at n greater rate than South Island linesi -with a view to reducing the .inequality of completed miloaec existing m botween the Wanda,' ..