NORTHERN M.P.'S

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 30, 5 February 1913, Page 2

NORTHERN M.P.'S

TOUR OF THE SOUTH. (Ut TBLEOftAI'tt— PRESS AssOCIAWOS.) BUNEDIN, 4th February. The tour of the northern members of Parliament in Southland was concluded to-day, when a visit was made toClutha Valley, ten cars covering seventy miles from and back to the starting point, Balclutha. At Tuapeka Mouth a good reception was met > with. Mr. A. S. Malcolm, M.P. for Clutha, said the people wanted a railway up the valley, a distance of twenty-one miles. He had been assured the line could be constructed for £98,000, and it would serve 169.000 acres of country. Mr. Mander, replying for the visitors, said he was quite certain the people were entitled to a railway, and if the Government could not find the money it should let the residents build the line themselves and the Government if necessary could take it over later. He reiterated this statement at lunch at Clydevale, and Mr. Okey supported it and advocated utilising light lines of railway. , The party returned to Balclutha "in time to catch the afternoon train to Dunedin. Messrs. Mander, Dkey, Wilkinson, liscott, Bradhey, T. W. Rhodes, nad Harris came- to town and will go north to-morrow ; while Messrs. Sykes, Bollard, and Wilson with their wives, remained- at Balclutha, and will spend a few more days in Otago.