THE RIVAL RAILWAY ROUTES.
A THREATENED HOLOCAUST, [BY TELEGRAPH — PBKSS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, 25th September. At a large mass meeting of workers held last evening — Mr. Malcolm Niccol presiding — the following resolutions were carried : — 1. " That the Auckland and Taranaki members be requested to use every constitutional means in their power to compel the Government to do simple justice to this part of the colony by providing railway communication between Auckland and Taranaki without further delay." 2. " That this meeting resolves to oppose the return to Parliament next geueral election of any member who fails to actively and vigorously support the Auckland-Taranaki railway, regardless of Party." It was intimated that if a certain hon. member of the Upper House did not back down in his attitude to the Stratford route he would next Saturday be burned in effigy and his remains suspended to the nearest lamp-post.
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1898, Page 5
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145THE RIVAL RAILWAY ROUTES. Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1898, Page 5
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