RIVAL ROUTES.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 359, 27 October 1898, Page 2

RIVAL ROUTES.

(BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION'). Stratfkud, Tuesday. At a largely-atteuded meeting last uight, addressed b> Mr P. E. Cheat, delegate fro:n the Auckland Railway League, it was. revolved unanimously :—l. That the meeting thanks Mr Cheal for his able address, and would respectfully urge on the Government the necesity for making immediately a fresh detailed survey of the uncompleted portion of the Central line, and of the Stratford route, with a full report on the character of the country through which the respective routes pass, and the natural resources of the land opened up by each route. 2. The meeting pledges itself to support the Auckland people in every legitimate effort to get the Trunk railway constructed via the Stratford route, provided that father inquiry shows the Stratford route to be suitable as a main Ttunk line. 3. That copies of the resolutions be scut to the Right Hon. the Premier, the Auckland and Taranaki members, and both Houses of Parliament. All the speakers urged the fullest inquiry, and stated that the more the Stratford route was known, its value to the colony would be recognised.