KAIKOHE BRANCH RAILWAY
OPENED BY THE PREMIER. ;By Teh>£foph.~-Pmss AssocwHAftn.) (Mntoawat, April 22. The Prime- Milvktrr (Isijiht Hott. W. P. Massor) opened the Kajkolio Ijraiteli railway of 17 miles to-day at; Kailiofre, in the presoHco of a largo iratlieHitK of Europeans and Maoris. Mr. Masscy said tho liiio was of the greatest importance to the development of ilio north, as _i(;_ would ultimately link tim Wliaflg.ircf-Kawals.'nV'S- section of railway with tin? North 'Aitcklnnd Main Trunk line. Snceohes worn also made l?y Messrs, Veraoft B«d _«wl Maude?, M.P.'s. Tlio fornwr said that in tho li-sst three yo.irs 42 mitas <sf railway had 1)0811 opened in ths Hay of Isbnds county. An. .address was presented to the Primn Minister by tlto Natives. Tlia Prime Minister attended a eonfereneo of tho Reform branch dekgntra at OiifteaWni in +1w nfhjriiooii, ta selr.ct a Reform r-.iudidn.to for the Bay r>f Istftnrls seat.' The meeting was divided in oninten between tlio ohciro of Mr. Re*d, tiro sittiiii?, itwmlier. and Mr. G. Wilkinson. (Worm candidate, nt last eloc--1 ion. No selection was ninde. Tho Prime Minister addressed a larsjo audienoe at Ghaenwai in tho evening.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2131, 24 April 1914, Page 7
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188KAIKOHE BRANCH RAILWAY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2131, 24 April 1914, Page 7
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