Buller Gorge Railway

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1921, Page 3

Buller Gorge Railway

MAR LROROI’UII'S ASPIRATIONS. XKLSOX, (let 27. In eiiinmeiil ing on some remarks made hy Mr C. M. NY. I’oUard, a, leading Marlborough settler, in which lie strongly advocated that Marlborough j should divert its energies, from the endeavour In secure direct- railway eon.-, luuniraliim with Christchurch via the s, a i oast, lo the movement, tor the com- i pYoli.m .'if the It idler Gorge railway, | and linking up from Marlborough at (Henliopo the Xelsim “Mail” says: It, ic not for US 111 advise our Marlborough nci'dihours on what is essentially in this particular respu. t their own basin, ess. tail the milstmuling fact- remains that if Xelson and Marlborough can join in some common endeavour, so much the better for e«eli. Further, if Canterbury, the West Coast, and Mnrlhnroiieh, can join together in some common endeavour, so very much more the better for each. Tf Marlborough Duels that it can support, the bridging of the Roller gap as the first essential in its railway policy, with a view to 1 inkinv up with the system at Glenhnpe, ' Xelson must realise that Rie'ton, and not I’ort Xelson, will lie tlio mi(l,ral terminus for mvieli of the traffic. AH that. Nelson can fairly ail'd lcgitinmtolv claim is traffic Ill'll will flow

this way naturally. \\ lint this district requires is railway ciiimcxion with the South, which it will get when this grp is bridged. Marlborough will also se-

,1 1 ,J tiiis advantage by linking up at

Cieiihiipe. and it will also) lie in touch with the coal-Fields of the West, Coast. From a strategic point of view, there is i*very reason why the line should go . through. Should this country ever hot 1 lireateiied, the absence ot this inland , line would he one ot the greatest’ diflicullies with which the Xew Zealand j commander would he faced. 11 Mail- j borough residents come to the eonelus- [ ion that they i an support tins common . railway policy, the spirit of unity j which common endeavour will engender will dn much to bring the people, of i Ihe northern portion of tin* South Island together. United, big possibilities I are before them: divided, very little can he accomplished.