The Hon. Mr Cadman's Visit.

Manawatu Herald, 4 November 1899, Page 3

The Hon. Mr Cadman's Visit.

Today at a quarter past tw lv the Hon Mr Cadman, th^ Minis»»-r of Railways, arrived at Fox on l>\ special train, in accordance wi'h » promise he made Mr St--vs n», M.H.R , a short time ago. Mr C dinan was accompanied by >h- Hon Mr Fraser, M.L 0 The Minister was met -it the station by • hr M^y-.i , and Mes?ra Scevpn?! and Tbynne.

The Mayor invited the IVLni-te* and Messrs Steven*, Thynne, nnd G. Nye up to lunch at his residence , and the repaat, a very dainty om, waß done full j'Hnice to by the Mayor's and Mrs Fias. r's qneato. After luncheon an adjjninm^n was made ro the sitrin^-ioon whni. the Mayor drew Mr Cadman's attention to the following, wanrs : phed on the wharf, e xtra bmhint for the river steamers, the det-pening of the lower end of the whurf, and tho railway to the ocean beach. The Mayor backed all his request* up in an able manner, and who ns sisted end supported by Me? rStevens, Ihynne and Ny . Afterwards a vWt was paid to ! wharf, where the Miniver was- m by. Mr Buxron. Traffic M*n«»g r, sine the engineer f»r the i-aiJw.y. difficulty wa<> »b>>wn as to finding a site on the whurf without the c >-t ■ f rf -modeling the whole arrangr-nr-n of the. yard. The mn'ter wil' bthought out and h rep v -ent As rfgadfd the forth -r accommndatinn for snull v.-r<*-1-, <n<l It in • provement of <he wnter at the whaif, it war d'-c'ared t ■-» br- a m->rin matter, but. Mi Cidrain pnmiaed u< •represent ih'* raaf.rer to 'he h^aH of j that department. The railway to »h^ b. j nch h'lod also to another d' par;m' nr, ihat I Public Woik^, and representation wi!l have to b a m.ide. to th'i' Minister. Mi CaHm^n w*s tim d o 'env- t two o'clock, but it wa> 2 30 befoiv he got away, nbowing ihat, he w»s desirous of fully underloading all request?. On' leaving' the Mayor thanked him for coming nnd for ihe courtesy h had shown ! he (\ ?"<■*• tion. Wb are son y to Wro lh>»t Mr Cadmao ha-< il «m d to con'est h seat for tihb iloudo at thu com.ag eleotion. ,