THE FOXTON WHARF.
CABINET RESOLVES ON ROYAL COMMISSION.
RAILWAY MATTERS ELIMINATED,
Mr W. H. Field, M.P., has forwarded the following letter to the Harbour Board, re the Foxton Wharf: “On Monday last Cabinet resolved to set up a Royal Commission to report upon the Foxton Wharf question with a view to its being finally dealt with by the Government, and by Parliament, il necessary.
The question ot the construction of the Levin-Foxlon-Greatford railway, and the connecting ot the Sandon tramway with the Government railway at Grealfotd, are to remain over to form tire subject ot another commission. It was deemed advisable, owing cbielly to expected opposition Irom Bedding and Palmerston, not to submit the railway and tramway matters to the Wharf Commission, hut to deal first with the wharl, upon t he subject of which the whole district is united. The question of the appointment of a Commission or Commissioners will receive the early attention of Cabinet, and I am In communication with them on the matter.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1453, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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167THE FOXTON WHARF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1453, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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