MAIN TRUNK RAILWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 94, 22 April 1926, Page 6

MAIN TRUNK RAILWAYS.

*" . THE STRATFORD-LINK. - EARLY COMPLETION TTRQa,, ADVERSE INFLUENCES. ALLEGED. .- \ (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") STRATFORD, this day; The Taranaki people intend again to make, urgent representations to the Government urging the early comply tion of the Stratford Main Trunk Bail. way. _~ Speaking on this subject at this annual meeting of the Stratford Bro gress League, Mr. R. Masters said that because of influences at work in connection with railway construction in other parts .of the Dominion there was a possi-bility-that, unless Taranaki was wide awake, the early completion of the railway might be side-stepped. They must remember that there were many.-calls on the Government for railway. construction at present. The conference, nf South Island progress leagues- recently while urging the completion of the South Island Main Trunk, had entered * a strong protest against expenditure on railway construction dn the North Island. The fact that other influences were at work made it necessary thatino stone be left unturned in pressin" Taranaki's claims. As the estimates-Were now being framed, Taranaki must become active at once, and.all organißations throughout the province must co-operate in endeavouring to get- the necessary money placed on the estimates.