THE RAILWAYS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1931, 13 November 1906, Page 2

THE RAILWAYS.

DUNEDIN’S NEW STATION. PRESS ASSOCIATION Dunedin, last night. | The new railway station at Dunedin was officially opened to-day by the Premier. There was a large and representative gathering, The station has boon in use for a fortnight, so that some of the novelty had worn oil'. Mr ltonaync, general manager, handed Sir J. G. Ward (i gold key with which to open the station. Sir Joseph, in addressing the assemblage, | congratulated Dunedin on such a handsome and useful building. He spoke of tlie development of the railway business and quoted figures to show the wonderful progress. He referred to the concessions made by Government to the users of the railway and to employees. He reforred

to the advantage of ownership, and quoted a mass of figures to show the traffic on the Bluff-Hurunui line. As to the traffic in Dunedin, he said Christchurch was the only station in the colony that had so many trains running in and out per

day. Christchurch had 104 and Dunedir 100. That was independent of ordinary and special goods trains, which came and wsot mostly when people wero asleep. As to the ne w etatioD, the total cost, inoluding land reclamation, equipment, tie., was £ll9 500. The saving to the eolcDy by the oentraliaiDg of the whole of the business would amount to nearly the whole of the ioterest, on the cost of the a;atior>. He aoknawledg.d the services oi the offiaera who had been connected with the work, acid praised the staff. Incidentally the Premier said, in respect to WI liogton, that Government had deferred improving the railway station because some t : me in the future there must be a merging of the two atrvioes there. That meant that Government would acquire tho Manawatu line. At the oonelusion of the address, at the Premier’s invitation, I large numbers entered the building and! inspected every part,