RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
ROUTE V- PAEROA-POKENO. A metsslagei ffom Pukekothe staya: ,The fifteen! years old proposal to ciora.struclb a railway tihirpfujgih tihe' IVfolnjgia-. •tiatti©,'.: P'a(piamri)a--aind; Hxvnsti^^'Viailleysili'fis' been'revived. The secreltlary of the '■. Huiatia^Paipiairamiu Railway League has rercaived iai lertttseet* from fch'e A.otdiu»!-\ j Prime MJinliisfber (Sir* Jaimes Allet:) siteitiing fihiait he had broughib the ma/tr tier before (tile Minister of Ptubiliiia Worfes, -whio. raplied that the matter* would tiob bei losib sighib of. It ia oomibended tihat the proposed new route fox ithis se'Citiiom o-f tih© Easb Coast railway would be muicih superion* t©-itifoe .Pokiemic* way, iwafetmiucih a«i it' would r'educie tihe length off the Mtio by twelve miileisi, and oonsequeinltily tihe hlaiuilaigie by tihat'distance for al?. tiime. The suippoTtei's of thu's . roui© okiitn thatt the liriie should' be sitencd froma- MaUTUgft'tiawhari, iuisitead of from PaeroiQi, as itihis wowjid ciuib omt what ia lalmioisiti a iiig^hifc ajigie am .tihe pa:esemtti'rouiHe. It <ailsoi isltaiteirl ihni *hPriinie' Mjvniisibefr aaid tihel Min'isteir' of Publia Woir'ks both ■admab tili,a>b -umi-. doniibtedily tihe five miiles. strehcih from Paipairtoiiu to Glevedotn. woo.ild vpay hatnd'soimiely. Anoitih'eir advfa.nif^i-'ig oladiriied is the exisibe'nicie of giood stieafmh ixif* oolal wililvcihViisi tiioiw beivne 1 excaiv.aited ait) Humma ainld' oairiried <nit oin. miofor lorries. The otiitipiit wotuld be girentily inereiawed if railway cmWiage were ' available.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13931, 9 July 1919, Page 2
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211RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13931, 9 July 1919, Page 2
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