DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

SOUTH ISLAND TRUNK LINE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last; Night. A deputation from the Sottish Island Main Trunk League waited oirthe Chamber of Commerce and requested .Jj* assistance in impressing on the Govern*; tnent the necessity of the early cog? pletion of the South Island trunk ■ line. The deputation urged that the Gi&erntnent should borrow ten millions to complete the existing lines, and pointed out that a railway between Christehurch and Blenheim would give a fillip to settlement and result in increased production, which was urgently needed in view ot the Dominion's financial burdens. The Ohamber-promised to give all the assist- ' ance in its ppwer to further the request of the league; 'THEOHRISTCHURCH EXPRESS. l'nvercargill, Last Night. The Southland Chamber of Commerce ' to-day decidud to urge the Railway Department, when reinstating the- full services, to make the through to Christehurch the first'.reinstatement. In a telegram to the Hort. A. V. Ha wife, the Minister of Railways says: "It is hoped the position may, be still further improved in the not distant future if the euppKesof coal •which are in sigut are duly received by the Department, and there are, reasonably good prospects of