AUCKLAND RAILWAY STATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 165, 12 July 1907, Page 4

AUCKLAND RAILWAY STATION.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PBOTEKt Mr. N. A. Nathan, president'of ihe Chamber-of Commerce, referred at tie meeting of the Council of thai tody, yesterday afternoon, to t£e statement! made by Sir Joseph. W*rd that "there ii no immediate urgency for the erecGon of a sew railway station afc Anridmd, the present station' affording reasonable facilities for the existing traffic.*"' . Mc Nathan said he thought they tbaali urge that the verandah be extended •* the platform where trains arriwid.. : .Jl£ present, he eaid, passengers' btggaja •was pot out in the pouring rain. • hv-s-r. Mr. M. McCaUum said it would, b»»n if the covering ■was extended" the iritola ' ■■-. length of the" platform.. Mr. Macfarlane asked if :the;Ch»mta*. intended to sit down silently va&*ax&i the position as laid down by the.Gc* , ! ernment? After all they had eafiL*bon* wanting a new station, did they, now ?*>■ pose to be content to have the vtnvA& lengthened? «>ii Mr. T. Peacock said it WBA. W> better to talk about the TeraadahSlaier on, as a matter of detail. The ppsipffl they had to consider at present; wM h 4he statement-of the Minister, tSat Auckland station was sufficient for sent requirements. Mr. Macfarlane said if raflway «m> nmnieation -was to be completed wiia. ; "Wellington by the end of next y?aii it was quite time a start "was made ea . a new station. . -.•<;, T . Mr. McCaUum said the ChamTiwr ; protest against the way Auckland_w«S being treated. The President said the Auckland atat* bers had apparently approached.. .the Government, and they had got the Minister's answer. Sir Joseph Ward S*ia the present station was good enougnHe thought they might suggest that suja: a small thing as the extension of-the > verandah could be done without further delay. At the same time they migM enter a protest against the Premier 3'; statement. - Mr. Sydney Nathan said new good* sheds were an absolute necessity, even . if they accepted the statement that the railway station was good enough. _ Mr. Macfarlane: "I deny that *W station is good enough for the presentMr. Peacock: It shows how flimsiiJS Sir Joseph Ward has approached the sot* ject, when he makes such a statement. On the motion of Mr. McCallum it w*S resolved: "That this Chamber emphatically protests against the unsatisfactory reply of the Minister for Railways.;.to the appeal of the Auckland metnterSof Parliament for increased accommodation at the Auckland railway station, and that special attention be drawn to S»« inadequate accommodation at the goods sheds, and the urgent seed for tension of the covering at Hie ardwal platform. 0 . '-■"•■'