RAILWAY STATION SITE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 134, 23 June 1937, Page 4

RAILWAY STATION SITE

Retailers Divided On Question DISCUSSION BY MEETING Reference to the proposal to remove the railway station to Murdock road was made by Mr F. C. Rush-Munro at the meeting of Hastings retailers last night. Complaints were rife, he said, regarding the increase in Government expenditure. The expenditure on railway stations, especially at Auckland and Wellington, had been greater than present transport warranted, and- the changes in the future could not he me'a'sured now. In any case, they might lead to a greater development in road transport, If a change should be requisite in Hastings, he added, the shif ting of the goods yard to the other side of St. Aubyn street should suffice. Mr E. A. Westerman thought that there should be grave reasons to warrant the lemoval of the station from, its present site to one more remote. Mr H. W. C. BEtird said that the present Government was carrying out an extension of public facilities. Hastings was growing fast, and it was necessary lc press for railway improvement here and now. The engmeers wounl determinifi the best site. The ehairman reminded the members that a new station for Hastings had been promised 30 years ago. Hastings was destined to be a big town. Rents were received by the Government which should be used to provide facilities here and not elsewhere. As to the site of the new station, he favoured a deviation in the neighbourhood of Stortford Lodge. In view of the variance of opinion, no resolution was submitted to the meeting.