NEW RAILWAY STATION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1933, Page 8

NEW RAILWAY STATION

A START URGED COMMERCIAL SUPPORT Reference was made at a meeting of the council of tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce last evening to the report that the Government had under consideration tho question of making a start with the construction of the central railway station in "Wellington. Mr. M. G. C. McCaul said that while ho did not support tho expenditure of a large sum of money on a contral railway station, as had been dono in Auckland, he- approved of a beginning being made with a central station for Wellington. Much could be done in this respect with the expenditure of a moderate amount of!money. A central railway station must be constructed in Wellington sooner or later. Whatever work was done now would cost much less than it would cost later on.; At present the Government was subsidising 4he work of private builders and contractors. Although. he did not disapprove of that,1 he thought it would bo far better to subsidise certain work boing carried out by some of ,tho Government's own.departments for the ben eflt of the whole community. Mr. A. Seed endorsed Mr. McCaul 'a remarks. A central railway station must ere-long be constructed, he said, and such work could not be carried out cheaper than at present. The preliminary work, at any rate, could be done now. ' ; ' > Mr. J. H. Whittaker "concurred with the suggestion that the Government be urged to go. on with the first part of the undertaking. Mr. McCaul said he understood that plans of a new central railway station were already in existence. The/platforms, shelter sheds, and other transport facilities might be gone on with. Mr. J. H. Meyer remarked that if the works suggested were carried out, it would mean giving employment to a large number of men for a considerable period. Tho council resolved that a letter be.sent to the Government recommending that the preliminary work and facilities in connection with the contral railway station be gone on with.