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Railway to tour.

During tbe last few days of tbe recent sitting of parliament. Me Symes (Patea) brought up th® report of the Public Petitions A to L Committee on the petition of A. W. Babbage and 399 others, of Kawhia, praying that preliminary «teps be taken towards establishing railway communication between tbe main trank line and Kawbia by having a survey and estimate of cost made and laid before Parliament. The Committee reported that the Government be asked to take tbo matter into their favourable consideration, with a request to have the line surveyed. He moved, That the report do lie on tbe table, and referred to the Government fof able c maideration. Mr. LANG (Waikato) wanted toaay a few words in support of the petition. The petition was Signed by a la'ge number of people, prayingtuat prelimimry steps be taken toward enabliffiing railway eururauuica ion between the Main Trunk Railway and the Port of Kiwhia by having a survey and eW : - mate made and 1 nd before Patiiiajeut. | He might say chit ha brought thia i matter bef >re the House last -e-sion, an I then impressed upon the G »verr- ; inent the necessity >f m dtiog this in.. I oortant li >e. The Premier also when j in Auckland d i-i» g ch • last recede made us* of the foil > vi -ig word< io reference l to this railway when addressing a m tt’t ig there. H > was quoting n»w from { the Auckland Star:—> ' “But here wi- a -a iwy be bad ■ hetrd nothing about rinie he cam- to i tho Auckland District. To have their railway system completed Choy m-at i have a railway from the N >«*th Island j T uuk 1 >wn to Kawhia. (Hair, hear.) . Che se tier* in that dis nc; were euj titled to a railway, and be was surpri- | s d thit tbeir advisers had njver told •he n this before, bit chit it Lit i for bi n to come to Auckland and tell ! the n what they wants!- (La ightar ! an-1 cheer*.)” Th it proved that ths Premier fully j raalis i ths importance of this line. After that there was a meeting of the j Auckland provincial members, at ; which only a few of the most important : of the provincial works were agreed i upon to be brought under the notice of j the Premier by way of a daputation, j and this railway wis one of these work*. | He might p nut out that the meeting ' decided only to reeommmd tbe Goverca ' meat to uadertaks a certain number of - -erics that were considered to be ■ of provincial importance. Again, there ! was this very strong recommendation I thxt had been brought down by the ’ -Jhiitman of tbe Public Petition Com j mittee, namely,— ‘ That, ia che opinion of the I C »mmittee, the Government be asked to taka the matter into their favourable consideration, with a request to have I the line surveyed.” He might say that m the petition tbe petitioners said that they looked up. on tbe Premier’s remarks which be hw? quoted “a? the honast ernvic ' tion of a statesman who is fully - acquainted with our local necss- : stues.” Under these circumstan. css, it seemed to him there was no ex* 1 cose for the Government not going on with this work. The Preaiier was evidently in favour of it, ths Auckland provincal members realised til at it was j a provincal work of great importanc\ aud tbe A co L Committee had also brought down a very strongly worded recommendation. Petitioners would watch very closely the action of the Government in this matter, and. if they were sincere, no doubt thsy would take the necessary steps to have a survey and estimates made. He might point out that this was the time at the beginning nf the fine weuhsr when this sort of work should be naderakan, and he hoped the G ivernmsat would see tbeir way to undertake it immediately. When be presented the petition to the House, it was, on his motion read by tbe Clerk. The petition set forth very strong and clear reasons why this work should be carried out, so the H >use and the Government knew the full particulars. Ha did not want to delay the House but he again wanted to impress on the Government the importance of having this work done at once. Motion agreed to.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 235, 17 November 1905, Page 2

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741

Railway to tour. Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 235, 17 November 1905, Page 2

Railway to tour. Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 235, 17 November 1905, Page 2

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