DUNEDIN RAILWAY STATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81886, 13 November 1906, Page 3

DUNEDIN RAILWAY STATION.

SPEECH BY THE PKEMIER. j] " d (Per Prcs IVnkiun, November i-. 1 The new railway station at Dunediii I was olheiiilly opened to-day by the ( Premier. There was a and re- , presentatiye gathering The station has been iu use fur a fortnight, so t.iai ( Mime of the novelty has worn off. Mr [ | Ilonn> lie, General Manager, handed i Sir J. G. Ward a mid key w'tli which to open the ir -Joseph. in addre-sin'? the as.-emblaae, rongratnluted Duredin r.n »wU a handsome ami useful buib!ir.3 He spuke ofthede-vclopiwul.-jf the railway business, and r.uoted hgures .vo shC'-v the wonderful progress. He rclcrred to "onccssioi s made by the Govei nn.'-nt to users ol the railways iiid to einiooj lie referred to the advantage ,i<; St*le owne f '!n|^oul.n,, t .Umass°f|, &l^ to show the ""-1-e.se ot iralhe on t.ic !-;• As l " tiic tralnr. iu Dutt.Cn, he that Chnslchiiuh was the m the colony ! , a • i ~ .. in and out had so tnauy Ui.u- «, . , per day. Chn-ta.i.-.rii hiu Dunedm 100 trams pe. 1 v'»}': tlli - , independent of ordinary aid spceia. goods trams, wii-h eame »M wen! mostlv when people were as eep. d» to the" new station, the total cojst,. including laml reelamation and equipment, wars £1111,5011. 'lhe «ying to the colony by the centralising of the whole of the busin?ss would amount to near!" the whole of ih? interest on the I ,-ost oi station. TLe Premier said in reaped v. Wellington, that the Go-1 yeriiment hac warred improving the railway station V--*'" holllu tmlc » the future there muslin 8 .-peril ig ot the two services there. Thai- Jiean, that the Government would acquire the i Manawatu line.