THE NAPIER EXPRESS
WHAT THE MINISTER SAYS. (By Telegraph —Tress Association.) NAPIE'it, • Last Night.- ' Tlio Minister of Railways*,' replying to deputations here, s«id, t'hat arrangements- were to be made for tie consJuMiction, of d portion ctf new -waggons at the local workshops.. The Minister aijso iCoascTitt"d to the issue of workers' tickets from Napier to Hastings.
In regard to speeding up the mail train, he said inquiries were being made by the officers cf the department.
" The Minister gave, a denial tp the •report of tfhe Gc'vernmeh-t'e indention to divert the Napier-Wellington express to the Wairarapa route.
On Thursday evening Mr A. Hen"derson, chairman of thb Masterton. Oh,amber cf Commerce, received a telephone message from the • Palmtua Chamber to send delegates to a dqputation. which was to wait on the Minister of fßuilways at Wc-odyille yes today, in reference to the Napier express being diverted through the Wairarapa aga>in. The .Mowing reply was telegraphed to the Progressive As--sociaitkwi:—
"Regret owing to short notice unable to send deputation (from MaisterIton Ohamtfer of Commerce to support you'r deputation urging that Napier train;, be run through the' Wairarapa. We strongly support proposal :r> -put beifore- the Minister by this Cham ber.— J. C. Boddington, Secretary.'
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10648, 1 June 1912, Page 5
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