MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. At the request of a number of sawmillers, Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., waited upon the Minister for Public Works and Railways this morning, and asked when the Railway Department would take over the North Island Main Trunk line as far as Ohakune or Rangatana. Mr. Field pointed out that the millers were paying 1/5 per 100 ft. on all timber which they sent over the section of the railway ■which was still in the hands of the Public Works Department, and they were anxious to know when the line would be under the control of the Railway Department, which would mean the abolition of the 1/5 rate.
The Hon. W. Hall-Jones informed Mr. Field that tne section ■would be handed over to tie Bailwa.v Department in Jane.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 70, 21 March 1908, Page 7
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