NORTHLAND RAILWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 292, 7 December 1920, Page 11

NORTHLAND RAILWAY.

THE QUESTION OF ROTJTE. AT KOHfKom'. fßy TeiCEf-Ph. —C ivn Correspondent.) KOHLKUIir. Monday. Uuriug mc .-itdng of tli* . Royal Ccm-| iniao'Uin vv-aioli is iiuiuir.ng liitj thti nnue vi no -NuriluTii lrunk railway. Mr. Oswald i'ern, cnuirman vi tiiu Lumwera tfetlltTo .Wwiai.un, iidvi catfd s.iortcning tut . Ma.n Trunk iiuv j\ going acrtse eaay L-u'intry from Kan.-;iuiiua. xo MttDgajnaka. Tli.e would avoid To To iitofieaiur, and a co.-tly railway briuge ai rosa tnr WaJioM River. He supported the erection of a road bridge a.To.-s t!i« 'harbour at Totara I'uint to connect witli :ne raii"-vay. T.ic present ii.rvcyed ruute would i>e liti miles to Mangaiuuka. Ac

iiganiM niiif by tne settU'r.-i' route. There jhould he a connection u> ueiji water.

Mesri». John B. .SiiaphinJ »nd Frauc.s L.nn pndorsisJ Mr. Pern's viev«.

Mr. Henry Tem;Jeton, farmer, of ]>ukaiioi!. thoujrht the line should go to lvaitaiu via Mr. Hegg a=ked «iicn the comiiii*sion wuiil.l i'liiip to '•the majlejs north." as the district seemed to have some very well-gradi'd r.iiniii.

Wanes- repl'.e.l: "001110 in tlie| winter. - ' I

Mr. Alfro.l ('ook Yarhorouyh, president of tin- iianiber vi Commerce und chairman o! tiie Town Bu.ird, g-avt- the pnpula-, tion Hi Kohukoh'U as 40U. He thought] the saving in distance by the settlers' projected route would be not more than', live miles. Experts liad decided that| Tf Tin was the dee-p-water .podnt for vessels to touch the railway, and this decisiun should be adherej to. Tiie district greatly needed agricultural lime and* manures, which could be easily distributed from the ruihvav at Te Tio.

Mr. Arthur BlundeJl, representative of the Horeke Riding on the County Council, urged the completion of the Main Trunk tn the good roadstead at Mungonui. \rhere transports could embark troop.-.

Mr. Timothy Hurley said he thought the railway should tonoh ,a.t Totara Point, a? there was plenty of deep water there The commission agreed to vieit the shorter route pointed out by the Settlers' Association, and avoiding Te Tio.

In the afternoon the commission held a sitting at Atranene, when Mr. R. G. Cochrane, late county chairman, gave statistical evidence of the county's progress.

Mr. Jwiin Kelly, county engineer, brought before the commission a shorter route for the line, practically supporting the propose.! of the Settlers' Association.

Mr. Robert Russell, farmer, said they hed no connection now with the Main Trunk, and drove stock to Kirikopuni. A railway connection would enable fat lambs to be taken to the market or freezing works in better condition than br droving. The commission left for KaitnJa this morning.