MINISTER OF RAILWAYS IN THE NORTH.
Whangarei, Last Night. The Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Railways, visited Whangarei today to open the new railway station, a large and improved building necessitated through the district’s progress and the establishment of direct communication with the North Island main trunk system. Though the afternoon was not a holiday, about five hundred people, ineluding a number from surrounding districts attended. The speakers were representatives of local bodies in Whangarei and district, also the Mayor of Dargaville. Subsequently the Minister opened the reinforced concrete bridge at the main entrance to the borough, erected bv tlie Borough Council, without Government assistance. He also opened a handsome concrete building, fivestoreys high, erected by the Public Trust Department, In the evening Mr Coates was entertained to dinner by the local bodies and later was installed as Master of the Masonic Lodge.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2857, 12 March 1925, Page 3
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144MINISTER OF RAILWAYS IN THE NORTH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2857, 12 March 1925, Page 3
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