BULLER-INANGAHUA RAILWAY

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 27, 27 October 1920, Page 7

BULLER-INANGAHUA RAILWAY

PROTEST AGAINST OMISSION FROM 1 < ESTIMATES. By Association. Wcstport, October 26. The following resolution was carried at a meeting of citizens of Wcstport:-. "That we emphatically protest _ against the nesrlecfc of the •Government in omittine tho fluller-Innngalma l'Ailwav front the Public Works Estimate. In view of tho promises of consideration made by Ministers, it has come as a painful surmise and disappointment to find no provision for continuing this great national work, which is absolutely necessary tor (ho adequate development of an extensive coalfield, tho coals from which are so urprentlv required by the whole Dominion. Wo strongly urge that, provision be made on the Supplementary Jvt!matcs thus making productive a largo amount of public money already expended 011 part of this railway. The cita7.ens stress the completion of this railway as of Imperial importance from a . defence point of view." Wcstport, October 2G At ft meeting of tho Buller Progress League, representing ' the' following bodies: Wcstport borougjj, Buller eountv, Westnort Harbour jioarn, fuller Farmers' Union, West-port Labourers Union, A.S.R.S., School Committees Association, Engine Drivers and Fmmen s Union, Buller branch of the N.Z.E.1., Kararoea Farmers' Union, Buller A . aiyi P. Association, Wcstport Business Mens Association, Coal Creek Minors' Party Domain Board, many snorting clubs and associations in the Buller district—a re- • solution was enrried making a "strong protest against the small vote on the Estimates'for the Buller Gorge railway, eincc the national importance of the railway, both from the point of view; of coal production and a defence standpoint, was clearly and forcibly placed before the Prime Minister and tho Ministers of Public Works by the representatives of the league when in Wellington," and it was asked that-;thw[.line receive con-. si deration .on the Supplementary Estimates ' ■ '