"UNWARRANTED"
c o [ TANEATUA RAILWAY ] CONDEMNED. BY AUCKLAND ! BUSINESSMEN 1 That the proposed extension of the Bay of Plenty railway line from Taneatua to Opotiki was absolutely unwarranted was the opinion ex. pressed in a report submitted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce to e the council of the-Auckland Cham- t her of Commerce. d The report said the prospects of e such a Hue ever paying working expenses_ let alone interest on capital, j: were negligible. It was extremely d'ffieult to see how the construction A of the line would in any way m. *• crease the productivity of the (lis- u t net. f< Tiie report suggested that the Gov. c ernnu nt would be we]! advised to ii spend, say, £1.">0,000 to £200)000 on d road improvements rather than £f>r>o- - or perhaps more on the propos- n ed railway. It urged that the chain, o her should make every effort to stop a what it considered was wasteful ex- t penditure on the 25_mile extension, ti The report was received. \v
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 2, 24 April 1939, Page 1
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