RAILWAY AGITATION.
(Per Press Association.} Hokitika, last night, A very large and representative meeting, including delegates from Canterbury, Nelson, Westport and all other West Coast centres, was held in the Town Hall this
| evening for tho purposo of urging upon the I Qovetnment the necessity of proceeding I with much greater speed with the conI slruction of the Midland railway, and to I let by contract the Otira tunnel. It was I stated that the exports from the West Coast last year exceeded one million, and [ this is likely to be doubled when the railways are completed. All the speakers, including local members of Parliament, were in favor of borrowing a sufficient amount to finish all the main trunk lineß. The meeting was the. most enthusiastic ever held here, and it was resolved to continue agitating until 'the wishes of the people from Canterbury and Westland were complied with.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1443, 2 May 1905, Page 2
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149RAILWAY AGITATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1443, 2 May 1905, Page 2
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