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Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1929, Page 7

There is, however, one point upon -which the Government should immediately review its policy if it is to maintain its reputation for even consistent obscurantism' in this Taupo railway matter. It is committed to the construction of a first-class highway from llotorua to Taupo—for what purpose? According to the principal spokesman for the Government at the inquiry, the region traversed by the route of the railway is net only incapable of supporting a railway, but it is incapable of supporting any kind of settlement. He was not content to rub the bloom off the prospects of the district, as they were portrayed by men who spoke from practical experience. He condemned the district utterly. Hoes the Government, after consultation with the four Ministers who made personal investigations, endorse the evidence of that witness? If it does, how can it justify the building of an expensive highway at the cost of the public Treasury ?—“New Zealand Herald.”