THE RAILWAY ROUTE.
Wi ujnuton, May 21. 1 r i> now improbable that the question of the Noah Island Main Trunk Railway route will conic before the llou^c thi» -,c>sion. The government do not intend to do .'inylhinjr in the matter till the .surveyors ha\c completed tlieii woi k. Theic aie , now (no hurvoy p.utie- out, numbering Hurt/ mon in" all, ,in<l they ai«> not expected to through inside of tlnce or four inoiiths.° .So far as I can loam the cential toufe i-> piactie.illy .shelved. Two louto of connection are being sui\eyerl at the piohonfc time, and one oi thc^c is the \N'aitara connection, while the other ks a 7icw connection route which lias beendiscoverei from Ner.iirc, ten miles south of Stratford, and which is a very easy one. The Minister for Works appeal f> to think this the more preferable route, as it avoidrf the coast, and strikes inland at once through good country.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 4
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156THE RAILWAY ROUTE. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 4
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