MINISTER OF RAILWAYS.
BRIEF VISIT TO AUCKLAND. A flying visit to Auckland \\*= r.<n.l at t'iie week-end by the Hon. W. B. Taverner. Minister of Railw.ty*. v. •r, was accompanied by :he <"J<>i:eral I\;.mager and the Chief Enaheor. The %:-'• was connected purely with DeMrtm r -iitß; matters. The Mi!,i-tcr ue'nt out tn Otahuhu to in-,neo! tiie new railway workslioji-. He «as inucii impre«.»fij. and sa.i.l that when fojjipletcd they -houM enable tiie Deyartmi'iit to r*iijre wnrk:::ir cxpeiise« by a con-ii.'erab!» J a: 11 o>: ii t. i Mini-ter i= now on n tmir of thiu;ini» l)un:ini")i t>> %e\ a a«-i'««ral iciea of ; :h<> railway -ystem nr-i t'i<- nature of the j pquipni.nt. Ar a .';••.■: date he will re[turn f" Aiick'aii'l t.. a more det,..i]e.l ii!-;.e.t;..ii. and h:- wi!l then gn : fully into ihf fjin-tif.n of the propr.=o,J tunnel ;•> gixt- riirect mil way connection w-:tli ihe line at MorningMdo ;lnu '-lining out the detour by way of Newmarket. T.mar.!. t!.e end of the P rP>, nt month [I.:;-: V - Wii . ! be "' xh " Rotorua t> l ''' 't-' , ,;ril, ' :r ! 1:to t] 'e nwtter of the railway, begun hurriedlv •} .ii.' late Government. The present ';-™ ;; t !r not satined that - »'.iiM ho built at all. but Mini"!
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 35, 11 February 1929, Page 3
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