NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 40, 15 February 1894, Page 5

NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY.

It tweeting of the Executive Committee {the Northern Railways League held to- *, f {5 was resolved tbab the followiag I feter be. sent to the Minister of Public Works. The Committee feel thatanless there jimore energy displayed in the exploration torTevß 16 vill b« impossible to briftg up a Jeport to submit to the House at its next meeting:— .. Auckland, 13 February, 1894. The Hon. The Minister of PxtbliC •m Works, Wellington. Dm—The Select Committee to whom was ffl'rred the question of the best method of IJeW Auckland arid Wellington by railway (1892) recommended : i "That a dray-road be put in band to connect tbe Taranski district with the Upper Mokau. o »• That further.exploration and eurvey are nece«ary before the location of the North Island Trunk Railway can be deIbe Northern Railways League wish to know bow much exploration and roadmaking a* above recommended have been " done since the Selocb Committee reported. And fa fchia connection the League respectfully nrge" upon the Government, the great ■eceseitV of increasing the exploring parties _ off oat .s« that tha present favourable mmM can be fully taiten advantage of. — They would like also to impress upon the Government the great benefits to be derived from «n extensive exploration on the sugMgted routes, believing that in the past large sums have been wasted in railway construction in difficult country which coold bate been Bayed by more exhaustive ixplaration. < With the view also of expediting Govenmeoti action in this matter, the League humbly reminds the Government that they promised to have the several routes so opened up by exploration that judgment upon thia* question could be given by the time the ensuing Parliament met with such a degree of certainty and force that the best route would be absolutely kaowa and the decision accepted as final. - Awaiting your early reply, we have the honour to be, sir, Your mo3fc obedient servants, Peter Oliphant, Chairman. - ! Alfrkd Kidd, Actimg-Sec.