Major Lusk, president of the Farmers' Union, Auckland province, has written to Sir Joseph Ward urging upon him the importance of establishing direct communication between Auckland and Vancouver at an early date. Major Lusk adds that the farmers of the province are deeDly impressed with the immense immediate advantage to be derived from frequent communication between New Zealand and Canada, as providing a very profitable market for frozen meat and dairy produce and an outlet here for Canadian manufactures. A recent letter from Canada stated New Zealand butter was selling there at Is Sd per lb, and frozen mutton at 6d per lb wholesale. The new interlocking and signalling system has been brought into operation at Frank ton Junction. The system, which is the largest in the Dominion, comprises 126 levers and 66 signals and lamps, which are controlled from two centres on the station platform. The innovation will greatly facilitate the working of the station, and provide increased safety for the travelling public.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 282, 3 August 1910, Page 5
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164Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 282, 3 August 1910, Page 5
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