MASTERTON-WEBER LIGHT LINE
i 'There/is pypry reason for.- bplinvirig /that a : nuinbcr''of' prbminent 'Mastertoa resident. l ;- initond to resuscitate the -idea of a.-light'line of :railway- from 'Alasterton to Weber.,, Jt is irightly considered • that now is the timo for a ;movo to bo made, owing to the fact:that the ■North Island Jfam Trunk Line will bo. finished next year,"wh(>n there -will .bo/a clamour for jrailwny Hncs from air portions of tho Dominion. [A- certain amount of cold water lins: boon •thrown-'upon tho project in former yenrs owinc to the enginoorniß difficulties which would havo ;t6'l>e:surmountnd, but tlierois no dnnbt' that 'something, of the kind imlicntod .will, have to bo attempted in onler to further :op'nn 11p the 'country. Maslcrton. (writes our/ Wairarnpn ■ cprrespmiilent.) . is EPogrnphicall.v. in... Hie onlv .'n'rnper positron of all tlio tinrnsbctwoon-it nnfl Daniio'virlco. to he the sbuth'crn-junction of t.ho 'IiBW line. The mnt.tnr.is likely to be ' pushed ! 'f6rwafd:-witli. further dospatch , early .in the MS'ew'Tcar, and possibly the promoters of the scheme rany .offer ..to. meet the Government rin the question-of, cost, 60 that the business may-bt commenced on the most favourable-lines.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 79, 27 December 1907, Page 3
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