NORTHERN RAILWAYS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1914, Page 8

NORTHERN RAILWAYS.

feTATKAUCXT J!Y -UIXISTKIi. l>y Telegraph,—Press Association. Taiirangsi, Lust Xijfhf. I lie Hon. VV. 11. IJerries. responding to th» toast of his health at. a complimentary dinner tendered him at Ktilikati la-.t night, touched o:i railwav matter.s. 'i'hc Minister stated he war, strongly in favor of the construction of the Last Coast railway being pru.-ccuied from the -Alotu, via Opotiki, Taneaina. .Ylatata, Paengaroa, Te Puke, Tauranga. and Katikati to Wailii, and thence to i'okeno. This last section, said .Mr I lerries, was one of the most important links of the line, lie was speaking lire;: particularly as Minister for liailwsiys, and it was essential that something be doll'! to relieve the congestion of Mie Auckland railway system thai toolplace at Frank!,on .lunction. Tile construction of the Pacroa-Pokcno section of the line would enable all trall'ic from Morrinsville, the Thames, Te Aroha.ele.. besides the liast (.'oast, to be divcted to this new section. This would permit, the, whole, railway trall'ic in the. centre, of the North Island to be simplified, a-d transport greatly facilitated, and would mean a great saving of dN'.anee from the Hast Coast lo Auckland.