FLOODED RAILWAY LINE.
PAJMIOA.TE AROHA SECTION. DEPARTMENT TO REPORT. Mr C. E. Macmillan, member for Tauranga, has asked the Minister of Railway;; whether, in view of the frequent floodings; of the, railway line aud highway between Tir.ohia and Mangaiti on the Te Aroha Paqroa, and 'East Coa.st railway and rqad, and the resulting stoppage of trains and traffic, he; will obtain a repo/t and estimate of the co:t of moving the line; and rqad back'to the higher co, untry,, and authorise the same. The length of’ railway and road that should bq moved to higher cquntry was about two miles. The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates,. Minister for Railways, replied that he was arranging for the department’s engineers to investigate this mattqr, and would communicate with Mr Macmillan at a later date.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5322, 5 September 1928, Page 2
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132FLOODED RAILWAY LINE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5322, 5 September 1928, Page 2
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