The letter of the Minister of Public Works to the local body regarding the extension of the South Westland railway, puts the seal of settlement on the project for the time being. Mr Coates says' that owing to the inability of the Department to obtain sufficient workmen to man the railways at present under construction, it is not at ill probable that the line will be laid lown for some conside-able time. This s not cheerful reading, neither is it ;o those who know tho position, fair >r statesmanlike. It is not necessary o traverse the history of tho vote for he work passed in 1911 and later used lsewhere by the Government. Suffice t to say that a very unfair deal was
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1920, Page 2
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123Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1920, Page 2
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