THE TRUNK RAILWAY.
| WAIROA TO GISBORNE. INLAND OR COASTAL, t STATEMENT BY MINISTER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) GISBORNE, this day. The Hon. K. S. Williams, Minister of Public Works, was to-day deputationised bv the Railway Development League and was asked to hasten decision as to the route the trunk railway will take between Wairoa and Gisborne. Mr. Williams replied that he would ask his engineers if the investigation of construction costs as between tlic coastal route and the inland route had proceeded far enough to justify a decision now. If their answer was in the affirmative he would not hesitate to make a statement; but he refused to have the engineers bustled into a position which might be attacked later. The Minister gave an assurance that the time spent in investigating the respective routes would be fully justified, and that the Government liad no intention of delaying or side tracking Gisborne's railway connection with other centres.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 170, 20 July 1928, Page 9
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155THE TRUNK RAILWAY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 170, 20 July 1928, Page 9
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