EAST COAST RAILWAY.
STATEMENT BY HON. Yr. H HERRIES. (By Telegraph.-Presj Association.) Taaranga, January 14. The Hon. W. H. Herries, in responding to tho toast of his health at the ■ complimentary dinner tendered to him at Xaititaki last niVht, touched on railway matters. The Minister stated that ho was srongly in favour of the construction of the East Coast ' railway being prosecuted from tho Motu, via Opotiki, Taneaiua, Matata, Paengaroa, Tepukc, Tauranga, and Kaititaki, to Waihi, and fhence to Pokeno. This last •section, said Mr. Eorries, was one of tho most important links of the line. He Was speaking moro particularly a3 Minister of Railways, and it was cssontiaj that something should bo dono to relieve tho congestion'of tho Auckland railway 'system that took place at Frankton Junction. The construction of the Paoroa-Pokeno section of the line would enable all traffic from Morrinsvillc, Thames, and To Aroha, etc., besides tho East Coast, to bo diverted to this new section. This would psrmit the whole railway traffio in tho centre of the North Island to bft simplified, transport would be greatly facilitated, and it would mean a great saving of distance from the East Coast to Auckland. . *
. The New Zealand Express Company's Argyll motor* lorry lies now covered nenrly 25,000 mile 3 in two years' service without any breakdown. It has made frequent lon£ journeys up country, Eometimes of between 200 and 300 miles in thn round trip, carrying full loads all the time, and oroesine tho I'oekakariki and Rimutaka saddles. Argylls are adopted by the principal municipalities and motor transport companies in New Zealand. For immediate.. dehVory one 1-ton Arjryll commercial vehicle.' . J. B. Fitzgerald, Lambton Quay, North Island acrent—Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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280EAST COAST RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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