DEVIATION WANTED
-Presa Association.)
(By Telegtaph-
KEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. Support for an investigation by tlie Government of a Wanganui proposal for tbe deviation of the WellingtonNetv Plymouth raihvay lino between Turakina and Maxwell was accorded in Taranaki when a deputation from the Wanganui Development Leagno toured tie province and met Chambers of ■ Commerce at Hawera, Stratford and Kew Plymouth. A deviatiom along the flat coastal land would result in a saving of more than an hour in time, and would elirninate 20 level crossings, and take the Iine fhrough Wanganui itself. The additional cost is estimated afc £261,000, with a saving in haulage costs of £35,000 yearly. 'Ihe hope was expressed tliat the Minister would niake an aerial inspeclion of ihe prbposed route,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 8, 2 October 1937, Page 7
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124DEVIATION WANTED Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 8, 2 October 1937, Page 7
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