THE WEST COAST RAILWAY.
: 7 TO THB BMTOB. Sib, — If the people of Foxton are so impressed withthe necessity and advantage of . "t _thaWellm._fa£Rajlway being brought there, I presume there could be no possible objecyto i^ir/nwlri^. the eight miles; of railway *" "which 'fi " pc^aMionihg them so much heart- - 1 ;' -By that means they would haver .. iMi the profit/both; direct and. indirect, ac*-' '. " * CTuing from the traffic on the line, and at the. same .time teach Government a lesson, if it decides to bring, the railway to Pallne-.tbn. A Perhaps they will say that. ~* ftif^uggSstibh appließ equally well to Pal- , _ueirttofl,-but(that'l deny, for while our de4ro*miy 'npt" J pe' quite* unsejfish^ theirs is entirely selfish, as" the. route «ia Fitzherbert ypvdddpefi' up country available for settle\ BBent.ywhile .tbe^routeto -Foxton would only ' ©pen up sand-hills, and it is very doubtfuV £$ Jftitjwould benefit Foxton Sn 'any way. It .' would, most certainly take away what little ■ ,'.*-.- — r - Peo Bono Publico. '
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 19 February 1879, Page 3
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156THE WEST COAST RAILWAY. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 19 February 1879, Page 3
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