NO MORE RAILWAYS YET
INVERCARGILL, 23rd Feb. The Minister of .Public Works (Hon. W. Fraser) visited -the Wintbn ■ district on Saturday, and received several deputations on railway and other matters. Replying to a request for the construction of a Winton-Heddon Bush lints, Mr. Fraser said that he could not make any promises. Many lines in the Dominion had been authorised, but not a shilling was available for them, and it might be from six to eight years before some of these could be started. The | Government was not going, to, pay 6 or 7 per cent, for money, and public works would have to wait if such a rate had j to be paid. The Minister goes to Gore on Monday, Edendale on Tuesday, and Balclutha on Tuesday evening.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 46, 24 February 1913, Page 3
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129NO MORE RAILWAYS YET Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 46, 24 February 1913, Page 3
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