THE RAILWAY STATION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 13, 5 June 1912, Page 3

THE RAILWAY STATION.

Should it be Shifted? The proposed alteration of the railway station site has created a lot of dissatisfaction locally. Situated at the end of King-street, tlio station was in the handiest possible position, but the new site is several chains away. At the last meeting of the Pukekohe Borough Council four sheets of signatures—l 42 of them footqd a petition of protest: ''We, being ratepayers, business people, farmers, property owners and residents in and around your borough, respectfully ask you to call a public meeting to protest against the railway authorities' intention of shifting our present passenger station." The petitioners further asked the Council to use their best endeavors to keep the station where it was now, but if that were not practicable, on no account whatever to allow the passenger station to be shifted more than within five chains further south from Eaststreet, and also to insist upon having a new railway building in keeping with the importance of our town. Cr. Pollock said they had been waiting for a year, the Depirtment hail been going on with their plans, and now the people had suddenly awakened to the fact that they wanted the station a few chains nearer the town. After the work that had been done he thought the petition was like bumping up against a stone wall. He thought they should take no action at all. It was decided, on the motion of Crs. Lawrie ami Hart, that the Council accede to the request to call a public meeting.