PUBLIC WORKS POLICY
PREMIER'S FIRM STAND.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dtincdin, Wednesday. ■Sir Joseph Ward told a RoxburghLawrence railway deputation that Cubinet had considered irrigation in Central Otago, tlie Lawrenee-ltoxburgh liii», and the Otago Central in conjunction. The Government of the dnv being forced into prosecution of the (Hugo Central on promises that it would be re-venue-earning, now other railways were being saddled with the Otago Central ilcliciency. He hinted at the probability "f the imposition of a higher railway rale in Otago in justice to other railways of the Dominion. The Government were willing („ build the UoxbuHi railway if the people of the district were prepared to guarantee the differrace between imprest and the cost of construction, and the revenue returns The responsibility , vas too great ior Iho Government to sanction further prosocution of the works without consulting Parliament.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 79, 29 April 1909, Page 2
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139PUBLIC WORKS POLICY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 79, 29 April 1909, Page 2
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