MAIN TRUNK TIME-TABLE.
■ ■"";'■■.: 7 DEPUTATION 10 MINISTER! % '.) ;^ 1'!... (BT; TJELSOUArn.'—SrECUL COItitKSPONDENT.J W: : -■ ;•; : V Ohalume, February^;; , ' .A deputation of. Ohakunb residents waited ;on the Hon. J. A; Millar, Minister.'for Eaii.ways, with reference to the now railway, timeitablo.. The deputation, which was' introduced ,by'Mr.,A:.H. ~Wilkio, consisted of Messrs. ■J. Butler, R: Roth,- J. Codey, H. W. Littlewood,; A. Kerr, Hatfield, and others/ v : ; ■ : : Mri Butler, who .acted; as spokesman,', asked : : that,a;train to start.from'Ohakune each:day .should., be ; included . in ; ,the time-table, 'in iorder, to. allow, residents to catch the : train itimed to leave Taumaruriui,at 8:10 as tho proposed time-table was inadequate so far as the stations, Ijotween Ohakune and Tau;marunui wor.o concerned.. :■ '■, :•. ; • :_ Tlio. Minister/ said that he : was mak'.ing tour, over all the lines iri the Dominion, and.it was his intention.'where a-line did not. pay to curtail expenditure .thereon, but in-the present case he-would go'thoroughly into the matter;and: report later.-/ "■ ' '■' '.The deputation thanked Mr. Millar,' and withdrew. : . ; / ■ .;. •;-.... Petitions are. also being sent, in to the Minister 1 from ■ nearly all thoT towns along tho line between' Ohakuno and Taumarunui. with.reference to the same matter; - , : ;-.■■'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 4
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181MAIN TRUNK TIME-TABLE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 4
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