KIMBOLTON-APITI RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 7

KIMBOLTON-APITI RAILWAY.

;; . PROSPECTS; FOR THE LINE. JBT XEI.EqEiPH—SrEOIAL 1 ; COBItESPONDEHT.) \ ;■. / ', , Folldlng, March 16. r/.Thore'/ was' a' largo of ' ; memb'ers of' the,;Kiriiboltpn-Apiti: Railway'■ League at ICimbolton on Saturday night. ' : V Tho Chairman, _Mr. ■ E. H. ; Crabb, presented. ..tho. following report:' "Since! the ! formation of /the. Cominittco - a great deal' of. ; useful" work 'has - been: accomplished. & -Your Oonimittee: decided;\as a first, stop to . collect statistics'/as'toitho probable traffic, available, : a,nd ( these 'will bo laid before you this evening.' You will' be'pleased' to • learn that a definite promise has been' made by Mr. -W. Hall-Jones, - Minister for • Public, Works, to visit.this .district ,if .possiblo-within tho noxt fpw weeks. lio intends to go over the wholo district and inspect tho route for .-tho.proposed railway:-' :Mr.;Crabb also read a summary of .the statistics compiled from .-the returns seiit in-by.'l76 landownors • in tjie :Kiwitea County 'jn reply' to tho circulars received from fhe League's Committee. The summary was : as . follows : Sheep and fat lambs sold, 75,878; bales .of wool oxported, ,3647 ; grain and produce oxported,.l447 tons ; 'land ploughed, 8288 acres;-land' ploughablo, j ; 41,401'■ acres;' firewood available, 76,350 'cords;' dairy'prpduco, 650 tons; pigs, 1071. Estimated.- full produco of. land—Stock, ,129,106 j: wool, 43D3 bales;, dairy . prdduco, 1000 tons. Material imported last year, 2923 tons. / :■■' ' ■- ; . . Mr./Crabb'; explained that during a trip to. Wellington tho other day ho bad seon the: Minister, and 'directly, the subject was' mentioned Mr.- Hall-JonOs rcmomberod promising to. visit the district,, and'said ho intended 'to fulfil tho promise within six woeks. _ Ho, would! bo willing to liieot tho deputation in Kimbolton, but as 'hc ; was compolled by ■■: his - doctors to . tako - i things oasily,/he should like the visit to bo as quiet as posniblo,- although ho would go over the whole'district. , '.; Arrangomsnts were then made for the Minister's visit. •It - was decided to- endeavour to limit the deputation to one at Eim■bolton, and to ask the Feilding and Apiti "people t-o.' send deleg*tes. .