WEST COAST RAILWAYS

Press, Volume L, Issue 15022, 17 July 1914, Page 2

WEST COAST RAILWAYS

NANGAHUA-WESTPORT SECTION

A REQJJEST FOR £200,000 IN FIVE YEARS.

(SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") WELLINGTON. July 16. • A large order was contained in the request of a "West Coast dcpntnti. . which waited upon the Prime Minister ' and the Minister of Public Works to- | day. The sneakers urged the. • forward of the completion of the rail- ' way from the Inangahua Junction to ; Westport, which should make the sum _ already spent on the railway in this part of the Dominion reproductive. The Hon. A. T, A laginnitv was the principal speaker. It was '-nlvui-ii-y. he said, that the line would require £200,000 to complete, and it was asked that £40.000 a year should be voted for five years in order that the line might be'completed atr-the same tin:. the Otira tunnel. Tlie Prime Minister, in reply, said he had made im his mi. _ that this lin must be comoleted . ooner or later, but he could make no promise in regard j a vote this year. It was a matter for ; consideration by the Cabinet. I The Hon. W. Fraser .aid that he . could not yet saY what sums would be ; placed on the Estimates for any work-- ' this year. Such a large request as that made by the deputation was a matte: for Cabinet's consideration. The Government had no ri_ht to pled-.e Pa» liament for five years. He also reminded the deputation that when it asked for £40.000 a year for five years, it was asking for, more than any other part of the Dominion had obtained.