MAIN TRUNK LINE.
A Profitable Investment.
Though the North bland Main Trunk line has barely been put into operation, business is developing at a rale so rapid that the Railway Department resource i in roiling stock are being taxed to the and special ar* range ments have had to be made to concentrate all av»ilal>!» waggon* in the North. A big traific in coal from the Waiknto to the Southern town*, even as far away a* Wanganui. ha* sprung up. and to cope' with it. twenty five new waggon* have just bev y n sent from the Hillside workshops* Dunedin Another consignment of iwcnty-ftvi* has been packed ready for shipment, and fifty more wilt soon be 1 despa r ched Co the busy Waikato. The Hon. J. A. Millar. Minister for Railway*, who gave this information to a "*New Zealand Time*" representative, said the timber trade was also tie*eloping, but at a slower rate. A number of mills were starting again in | the Main Trunk country. A* for passenger traffic, the through line seemed to have already diverted most of the business from the West Coast steamers. It was his opinion that the Main Trunk line would immediately demonstrate itself a profitable investment to the [>o:n in ion.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 139, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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208MAIN TRUNK LINE. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 139, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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