SUMNER-CHRISTCHURCH CANAL
COMMISSION REPORTS AGAINST IT. ' (Ml l*L*aSA?S— Pa*S3 ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This ,pay. The report of the Hon. E. Mitohelson, Mr. W. Ferguson, and Mr. J. D. Wafaon, ihe commissioners appointed py^ the Lyttelton Harbour Board t to consider 'the commercial and financial aspects of the Sumner-ChriatJohuroh canal proposal, was presented to board to-day. 'The commission emphatically opposes the making of a oanal, and declares that Lyttelton Jim an excellent harbour, which witp im•movements in harbour and railway facilities ' can serve the purposes, qf the ■ city for fifty years. The commission contends that the canal construction would result in a heavy annual loss.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20, 24 January 1912, Page 7
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