WHARF AND PROPOSED RIVER CUT.
During the brief visit, of Mr Me- \ illy, General-Manager of Railways and his departmental officers to Paxton on Tuesday afternoon, the Hoard chairman (Mr J. Linklater, )'.!>.,) asked Mr Hornblow to express the views of the Chamber of Commerce re the wharf. In doing so Mr Hornblow said the Chamber heartily endorsed the Board’s request and hoped that a satisfactory solution of the present restrictions would he arrived at. Speaking in regard to tile port generally, he said a matter which would have an important' bearing on the wharf nl iio distant date would be the proposed cut to release the congested valors of the Manawatu. This matin’ was receiving the attention of he Manawatu-Omua Drainage Hoard and settlers interested. If he cut from Marotiri to Poxton was onlimred through the Matakaraia swamp, there was a possibility if the present channel to the wharf dlting up. The reclamation of housands of acres of first-class and was involved in the scheme, vhieli would justify the cost of the vork.
The visit ing officials expressed inerest in this proposal and agreed hat if carried out, it would possiby alter local shipping arrangements.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2540, 8 February 1923, Page 2
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194WHARF AND PROPOSED RIVER CUT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2540, 8 February 1923, Page 2
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