NAPIER-GISBORNE RAILWAY.
MANY THANKS FOE £5000 VOTE, J (By Tdegrapi.—Special, Corresnondent.) Napier, November 18. i, Theannouncement of the inclusion of. i- a vote of ioOOO in the Public Works Estimates for tne commencement of the 6 first section of the Napier-Gisborne roilway was received here with distinct pleas-. e lire. Though the vote is not/large it ia . 0 regarded as establishing the-claim of'the 0 East Coast, to recognition, a claim .-too .long , ignored. . To mark • the district's sense of appreciation of his efforts in the ' , matter, the following telegram has been ' dispatched to Mr.. J. -V... Brown,-M.P.,. 1 by 3Xr. Ellison, president of tlie,- East " Coast :;Railway League:—''Delighted;., to hear railway-to Gisborne authorised, and' - sum on Estimate's to begin work. .Please . convey, onr hearty things to the -Prime b Minister, and Minister for Public .Works - and congratulate Ministry upon undcrtak- - ing a work which will give, immense impetus to whole district, open up much land for settlement, and be-a greatboonto present settlers. Accept ..also. our.. hearty - thanks, for the , good work done by yourself."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 976, 17 November 1910, Page 4
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174NAPIER-GISBORNE RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 976, 17 November 1910, Page 4
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