NORTH AUCKLAND RAILWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 70, 23 March 1910, Page 5

NORTH AUCKLAND RAILWAY.

i SCOPE OF Tim COMMISSION. (By Telegraph. —l-ress Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. . In speaking to an interviewer of the . difference of opinion as to the route of , the North Auckland railway, Mr W. F. y Massey, M.P., said the position lie topk up was thai the Government had decided > to set up a Commission to report as to . the ibest route to be adopted after the , line had reached a certain point. If there was any doubt as to tne route [ from the present terminus to the point . fixed by the Minister for Public Works, ti'oat section of the proposed line should I also ■Oβ included in the scope of the Com- ! mission, which, should consist of experts, j The following telegram wae forwarded [ to the Hon. R. McKenzie, Minister for Public Works, yesterday by Mr Gerald , L. Peacocke, -cha-LDman of the Auckland , Railways League: "Does Press Associa- , tion statement of 12th ' inst. correctly , report interview with yon re railway deviation question, to the effect that , you intend referring deviations bocn [ north and south of McCarrolTs to Royal Commission? Kindly' reply." ( Mr. G. Peacocke (Chairman of the Nortli Auckland Railway League) received the following telegram from the Hon. R. McKenzie: —"Have tot seen Press Association report you refer to, ' but, if as stated in your wire, it is incorrect."