IMPORTED RAILWAY MATERIAL
EXPLANATION WANTED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
Mr T. H. Davey, M.P. for Christchurch East, sent the following wire to the Hon. W. Hall-Jones yesterday:—"On visiting Addington workshops to-day I discovered that engine rods, axle boxes, and springs, sufficient for eight engines, have just been landed from England. For years repeated Ministerial assurances have been given that, wherever possible, railway material should be manufactured in our own workshops, or, as an alternative, in New Zealand, this being strongly emphasised by Sir Joseph Ward on Monday last. A satisfactory explanation may be forthcoming, but at present it appears that, despite innumerable promises to the contrary, material is being imported which could be made by workmen in the Dominion."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 140, 12 June 1908, Page 2
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