Sir George Grey at Aucland

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1652, 8 March 1886, Page 3

Sir George Grey at Aucland

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.! : :: ,: |!:; < . . - Auckland, ' Friday; : Sir George, (^roy" addressed a : meet- ] ing of (jiiizehs to-night at the Theatre ; Boyal, at^the; request of tha Chamber of : Commerce,. <pn the- qiiestioii; ' of .; the; settlement^ of [; land r and. public works. A number of;.' imembers,; of; t the Lej;is.-, laturo, Chtimber' o| , . .City,, Council fic^fwere on- the pla'tfbrmi ..Sir : George Grey,^ on .appearing , on,' "the platform/was* wafirily received. '/ As to Public Works, 3ie exhorted them not to ask for jimmenso i borrowing, but for borrowing as thej; ; required, only for: , necessary, works, r Tlie Wprthero rTruqk Bailway would yet .j).e made. It ha had had his wSy,' a^railwSy f ; r6m Aucklahd to TaraSiSki^wbiil^ how. "naVe^ beieif' opened. He was m favor of the "pro : secution r'Of - the; iUbrth Island^ Trunk Bail way}/! iwith , : connecting \ lines to . Napier and Gisbp^ne and to.: Taranaki. ; The EasfJand^West. Coast i ,BaiJw,ay of the Middle IsTapd ' was^.aisp; desirabl •. work, fprhe ; w*B- for equat justice '}>*'.', tween North- andSputh. He /Warned them not to go.ln f6r ah eight br i; teiV' miiliou iloan,' simply .-for -tie Belfish' . present gpio',: biit exljQtted; them : not ito let a sinfflecpennyTtiiioro • be ; borrowed than could.,.b^ usefully expended. ,. A vote oi'thank^Jwas. unanunousiy accorded to'SirG.eprge Grey amid great cheenngr^ :J * ■ '■' . ■'[[ ':' ]' '[ ;^. . '.',