THE WEST COAST RAILWAY.

Manawatu Herald, 22 February 1881, Page 2

THE WEST COAST RAILWAY.

M^BTl^Q AT PALMSmrOX.

A very 1 irge and iafl.iGiitial meating was held at Puhnerston on Saturday evening, for the purpose oi' heaving \tr Travers, of Wellington, explain the proposes of the directors of the West Coast R lilway Co. M.James lantou. Mayor of Pal no ston, jccupiel the olnir, and briefly introduced Mr Travers, who gave a very lengthy address upon the prospects )f tlie propose! company. Referring to the question of the juuotio.i o the proposed line with the presont one iVtv.n Foxton to Wangamii, he said he \?is there as the in mthpieuo of the Provisional Director i.and that, though it was uot atated in the pro pectus, the line was to follow the Government survey through the Fita'ierbert district into Palmerston. Ho did not say Lliia because lie was addreaaLig a Riliueraton audience, as he would say j list the same if he addressed ineetingtJ at either Foxton, Bulk, or Sandon. Whatever he said the Provisional Directors wo;ild not go a vay from. Ho also assured tUem that if the whole of the capital was uot. subscribed hy 31st M.y, the money paid in by the shareholders would be returned intact, as preliminary expenses of starting the company would bo borne by the leading men of Wellington. After Mr Travers had concluded his address, the meeting was addressed by Messrs Halcombe, M'Nei , Sael ou, and Wai er, aenr The meeting wa* extremely enthusiastic, and is described as having been oue of the best ever held in the Country.