ON TOUR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 8

ON TOUR.

TIIK NORTHERN PAISLIA MEXTARIAXS. (Por Press Asocial ion). I3mu'{l in, Last Night. The tour of the northern members of Parliament in Southland concluded to.day, when a visit was made to the Clutha Valley, ten cars covering 70 miles from and back to the starting point at Balclutha. At Tuapeka mouth a good reception was met with, and Mr. Malcolm said that the people wanted a railway up the Valley, a distance of 21 miles. He had been assured that the line could be constructed for £98,000, and would serve 189,000 acres of country. Mr. Marnier, replying for the visitors, said that he was quite certain that the people were entitled to the railway, and if the Government could not find the money let the residents build the line themselves, and the Government, if necessary, would take it over later. He reiterated the statement at a lunch at Clydevale, and Mr. Okey supported it, and advocated the utility of light lines of railway. The party returned to Balclutha in time to catch the afternoon train to Dunedin. Messrs. Mander, Okey. Wilkinson, Escott, Bradney, Rhodes and Harris came to town, and will go north to-morrow. Messrs. Sykes, Bollard and Wilson, with their wives, will remain in Balclutha, :.:id spend a few further days in Otago.