MAIN TRUNK LINE.
A QUESTION OF SUPPORT. OPPOSITION LEADER’S POSITION. (Per Press Association.) BLENHEIM, This Day. The Rt. Hon.. J. G. Coates’s condemnation, in his Hastings soeech, of the Government’s railway policy, is puzzling Marlborough people, who have been led to believe bv his supporters that he had recently come to the decision that the South Island Main Trunk line should be proceeded with, while Mr Coates in the north is reported to he condemning the railway project. Mr H. Holland. Reform member for Christchurch North, told a Ivaikoura audience that he had conferred with his leader, and had been informed that no matter what party was in power the line would go on.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 152, 9 April 1930, Page 4
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114MAIN TRUNK LINE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 152, 9 April 1930, Page 4
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