RAILWAY COMMISSION.
[per press as-ociation.]
Citrtstciivrch, This Day. At the Midland Railway Commission, W. Wood, President of the Chamber of Commerce, considered that the completion of the line would be a great advantage to both Canterbury and Westland, and the lino would pay if a special rate was charged.
G. G. Stead did not consider that the railway, if completed, would pay for 20 years, but a large proportion of merchandise and coal now being sent by sea would goby rail if the line was ready.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 March 1901, Page 3
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86RAILWAY COMMISSION. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 March 1901, Page 3
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