OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY.
Wellington, July 14. A deputation of the Otago members of both Houses waited on the Government to-day, to urge that the Otago Central Railway should be gone on with by the colony. The deputation strongly pressed their case on the favorable consideration of Ministers. The Premier said that the unexpended balance of the loan, which was all Government would have to depend upon till 1882, was wholly insufficient to warrant undertaking a work of such magnitude. He reminded the deputation that Government were bringing in a Bill to provide for assistance In such cases, and he strongly advised them to follow the example of the Wellington people who bad taken the matter in band themselves and raised £50,000 towards the work. If the Otago people adopted a similar course they would receive aid in like proportion to that proposed to be given to the Wellington-Manawatu line.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2595, 15 July 1881, Page 2
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149OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2595, 15 July 1881, Page 2
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