THE NORTHERN RAILWAY.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1041, 30 May 1883, Page 3

THE NORTHERN RAILWAY.

I Addressing his constituents at Urehui oh Friday,'GoTonel;Triple referring to the.Northern Railway, said that he .con-, sidered the" line through Mokau would certainly the ,best country and be ;the cheapest route;; He considered the action now . being taken by the; Wellington merchants; wasrselfish in the extreme;; They had no recommendation whateveh’inifavour of a Central line ;. all they wanted was to get a monopoly of the trade to Wellington. Ho they could depend on the support of the Auckland in assisting in getting the line brought via nTaranaki, but they must abide by the decision, of the, Engineers. . If the dine came to/Martbn, it would have to go through about sixty ,miles pf desert- of no use to any r one, .rA -Mr Sutton once drove'a quantity of ■cattle up there, but he did hot bring ?many, of-them back. Mr Gsprgegtated he. would not give one farthing an acre Tor such land ; the:; expense- also;iwould: be nearly double that of the other route. - As’ regards the Million Loan Bill, for this.special work, he considered it'"was all ‘rightj and as soon as tlje- ; House . had, determined onThe route (which;he would not be done next session ),r the, loan; would befloated.'lo:lß7B Mr jMacandrew had an' .amount down for the Northerndiney and That was all Tit but not fine deeds—but no. provision was made for.made for. carrying it out., They ;must expect great opposition from Wanganui and Wellington in the matter.