The Seaward Bush Railway.
4 |Bt Telegraph. | | united pbbsB association.] Intkroaboill, 7th May. A mooting of the delegates from the committee formed in the district traversed by the proposed Seaward Bush Railway, to promote its completion to Portrose, was held to-day in Invercargill, the attendance of country delegates being large. Resolutions for submission to the Government were passed to the following effect •. — Urging the minister for Public Works to complete the line as far as formed, and proceed with the extension as ■ soon as possible ; pointing oat the desirableness of carrying the line across the Mataura River, and thus opening up a market for produce in tho fertile distriot of the south coast of Otago ; calling the attention of the Government to the fact that 17,500 aores of land are set aside pending the construction of the line ; and that in the event of the Government being unable 'to carry the line across the Matanra with loan funds, they be requested to consider the propriety of doing so under the land grant system.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 108, 9 May 1887, Page 2
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173The Seaward Bush Railway. Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 108, 9 May 1887, Page 2
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