THE MAIN TRUNK LINE.
GRANDEUR OF THE SCENERY,
AV AI MARI NO FOREST' S TIMBER RESOURCES. (S pecial to Times). mt WELLINGTON, last mio-hfc. __ The members who " Main Trujtp charmed, ,im deur-of the i the volcano' ruhoo. Me ley, the c®,., tors, are of the route V-,. establish a daily rail heads. Next 6ea.'>.. pcct to have seventy h... ■ on the route. There ai#|| possibilities in a connection 5 ; 4 - tlio railway and Tokaanu overWh. route between the two volcanoes 'i - - Members were also surprsed bevom; measure at the resources of the Wap -Marino forests. In a few years there will be a great output of timber from tins locality. One syndicate are now surveying in a block of fifty seven thousand acres .which they have acquired from the chief, Te Heuheu and his people. There is some likelihood 01 capital for this venture bein~ found in England. Mr. -Mander, M.H.R. who is a practical sawmiller and one t-he best judges of timber in New Zealand, states that there is enough pine m the Wai Marino forests to servo the colony for a centur-.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2121, 2 July 1907, Page 2
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184THE MAIN TRUNK LINE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2121, 2 July 1907, Page 2
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