Central Railway Route.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 197, 27 July 1883, Page 3

Central Railway Route.

f Wanganm Chronicle.] "We mentioned on Tuesday tKSt" MJr Roc Word, thtf GWertfmeiii- Surveyor;' bad returned to >after ■ partiallf surveyinir the central railway^ route inland •fr^nr^SratSonT We now learn that, finding .Mtttray'si "track ntterlv impracticable and useless for Trailway lii«u-MlußQChford iollowed^ the Rangitikei River as far as the Hautspu, and tben^^y tnat^tribtoary Btream until he reaped t^|fl.U'imot» Pleine, He then proposed to go west* ward ofßuapetafto-proceedviaTaupo on his way through to the Waikato. He *as, hteh&# MM by the; natives, who objectafl-oib »bis doing so without the toh$oniO&($»)o T & eta V' Mr Kocbford accordingly fwde M way i down the Wangasm|via ll Ht e,.traclc, 'and has been up^tb*.*lv6fc«nd inter--Tiewed Jtemp, frony .whom he Jias obtained, or will directly obtain, letters of authorisation pressed to the chiefs m the centtr of the islatid\ Mr Rochford now proposes to proceed toMurimotu by way' orField's tracb, and very wisely requested Mr Field u> accompany hin^iri order to show the lay of the country, and the ; best route 1 by which a railway could be taken inland from WangangWvMr ..Field; having coßSUlted wi^/^be , Chairman and several other members, of^tbe County Council, has deojdedjto'iac^pmpany^Mr Rochford, and, weather permitting, both cattlemen will make a start for the Stnrimbtu Plalps pn. Friday morning. jjoyedby a vSm^ *4M*W if the valley of &*?&$&, are .!? great that the Bettlenf of tie Wang^ 111 district cave great- re»son- to hope for - -farourable results .frftiftAbejointiVisit of 3lr Field and Mr Rochford.