TOUR OP NORTHERN MEMBERS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1666, 5 February 1913, Page 6

TOUR OP NORTHERN MEMBERS.

' {By Telegraph.—Press Association.) i ■ Dunodin, February 4. The tour of the northern' members of Parliament in Southland concluded to-day, when a visit was : made to tho Clutha Valley, ten .cars, covering 70 miles from and back to the starting "point. At Balclutha, a good reception, was mot with, and Mr. Malcolm, M.P., said the people Wanted a: railway up,the valley, a distance of 21 miles.'Ho had Been assured the line could be- constructed • for and . "would servfe ,189,000 acres of country. Mr. Mander, in replying for the visitors, 6aid "■lie was quite certain that people were entitled to a railway, and if the Government could not find the money, let tho residents build the line themselves, and the Government, if necessary,- , would 'talce it over later. He,reiterated the statement at the lunch at Clydevale, and Mr. Okey supported it, and advocated the utility of light lines. The railway party returned to Balclntha in time to catch tho afternoon train to Dunedin; Messrs. Mander, Okey, Wilkinson, Escolt,! Bradney, Rhodes, ahd'Harris came to town, and go north to-morrow. Messrs. Sykes, Bollard, and Wilson, with their wives, remain at I Balclutha, and will spend a few further days.in Otago. ■■■ ■ - ■. . .