MANAWATU GORGE LINE.
' ' ' (BY tELF.Gfii.PH). . .-, ' '*- Wellington, January 27«. ( A 'deputation 1 representing the WlrL-J a wa ttf <3duniy' Council waited on the 5 Premier and Minister of Public Works to m^e :ihe riecessar^sof 'placing a sum on the Estimattjs next session for a' 'rail way through tKe;Manawatir 6or^e, : ' extending from "Wijbdville to the Fox- 1 ton-Taranaki iine. The d«»putatv6n -^arnogfly pressed irpc^^the.atlentiou^of' Ihe Government the desirableness of pushing on this importau i. w^>rk as speedily as ' possil'ilc^ 'MinisteCs re- : c'eived the proposal vory favourably. Tlie : 'Minister .of ; Pn.bttc ;-X? r |^ f x " pressed a strong conviction or th? iinportance 1 of ihe work, and'firlly recognised the necex^fy of the G-orge lhi& as an essential'luik in^.the teunk ( ' rail" •^y^stenv of tife Tslariq^, Ho ibtimK'ted the opinion t^at the railway b^hJ; to bo 'constvuctflJ l^ithout. delay, alid promise^ thai a vote for' tlie^. purpose Rliould j)e pj^e&tl pn v^)»e fc^ubliß 'Works Estimate's;' next "session,' and that the Eftgineer-in-Chief should ■:■ be immediately instructed to put m hand J.hj! ,. ujeedful Miryeysv u&e.? ;iortl»with • f hoPremie^MConcurredii iiThe deputation expressed—satisfaction with the, JVJ.inistei'ialMassurahces; fia k >wJ.!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3
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180MANAWATU GORGE LINE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3
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