RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COAST. Rejoicings at Hawera. A Railway from Auckland to Taranaki. Hawera, March 24.
The weather is wretched for celebrating the establishment of through connection by railway, but still there are a good many visitors to Hawera, including Hon. Messrs Buckley and Atkinson, Messrs Samuel, Trimble, Bryce, the Mayors of New Plymouth, Patea, and Wanganui, and representatives of other local bodies. Hon. Mr Buckley made a short speech on the arrival of the t r ains declaring the line open, congratulating the people of the West Coast on the accomplishment of the great work, and foretelling bright future prospects for the district. The Governor would have been present had business permitted. Hon. Mr Buckley, in responding, hoped that in a very short time hence there would be railway communication not only between New Plymouth and Foxton, but between New Plymouth and Wellington and New Plymouth and Auckland indirectly, if not directly. He also spoke of the importance of the frozen meat industry to the colony.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 95, 28 March 1885, Page 3
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169RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COAST. Rejoicings at Hawera. A Railway from Auckland to Taranaki. Hawera, March 24. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 95, 28 March 1885, Page 3
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