MINISTERIAL.
VISIT TO'POVERTY'BAY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. The Gisborne Times' correspondent telegraphs that' Mr. Herries and Mr. Fraser arrived at Opotiki by motor yes- • terday afternoon. Mr. Hemes received a large Maori deputation, and Mr. Fraser was waited upon by representatives of the County Council, Railway League and ' Settlers' Association, with reference to railways and > district roads. In reply to a question as to the proposed loan of £4OOO for a dry road to Waioeka, Mr. Fraser said that until Mr. Allen raised a loan they would oiily have half the amount required to meet the votes on the Estimates, but as soon as money was .provided it would be available for the work in question. The Railway League asked that a railway should be started at Opotiki or the vicinity, and it was suggested that when the GisborneRotorua line reached Molu the wholeof the money available for the line should be spent in the Bay of Plenty, and that comparatively unsettled portions between Motu and Opotiki should be linked up. The Minister said that he could not say Whether the money would be divided between the two ends, - of the line, but there was something rathe argument that Opotiki should be , connected with the port of Ohiwa, and he would give the matter consideration. •He expressed the opinion- that there wasa great future before this country. The Ministers; were entertained at a. social in the evening.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 200, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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239MINISTERIAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 200, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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