OPUNAKE RAILWAY.
To the Editor* p '■ ilscijls on referred td iomß' evilly disposed person in Hawera suifeesfa ing that the line lind "been shifted' nearer liltha.ni for political purposes,' let in Ins speech at Bltham he makef a similar enarge against a previous GO"« vernment, as follows: "The Liberal? had lobbed tltliain of its junction with thai mam trunlc railway. Notwithstanding' there hail been surveyed previously sj practically level route from Htham«' I oko the Government of that time had authorised the line to Stratford, thug making it necessary for traffic from south to climb an incline of 305 fee#,' and from Toko to Stratford '399 feet/ 'That was the work of the Liberal Gov*' ernnient." Now the Massey Government authorise a deviation that brings th§ railway nearer the lion, gentleman's town. This is done* in spite of the find* ing of a Royal Commission who decided for the Opunakc-Te Roti route. Will Mr. Wilkinson state why the alteration 1 was made?—l aim, etc., :< HROCMSP. :! Hawera;, November 21st, .> sj]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 23 November 1914, Page 4
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169OPUNAKE RAILWAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 23 November 1914, Page 4
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