ROTORUA-TAUPO RAILWAY
, lleporoa, April 8. To-day was a field day at Reporoa, when tko Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister for Lands, and party inspected the settlement. The party was hospitably entertained to luncheon, after which all adjourned to the woolshed, where LieutenantJickcll, speaking for the settlers, laid several requests before the Minister. Mr Guthrie made a very sympathetic reply. He promised to grant some of their requests, and to inquire into others. Mr Earle Vaile, president ot the Settlers’ Association, pressed the claim of the Rotorua-Taupo railway. Replying, the Minister said a commission of inquiry had been set Up, and he promised to appoint, ni addition to those members already announced, a representative of the State Forest Service. He assured the settlers that all possible expedition would be used in getting the commission to work.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume L, Issue 7960, 12 April 1922, Page 3
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