A WITTY TOUCH
THE DUKE'S SPEECH Laying the foundation stone of the new.station, the Duke said: “ I am very pleased to have been invited to lay the foundation stone of the new railway station for the capital city of New Zealand: It is'in the nature of things that a growing population and increasing demarids ' made upon the railways by a busy port should have rendered necessary an up-to-date 'station with' fullyi.ipped sidings and yards. After many years of service the old station is no longer adequate for present-day requirements, but the sentimental may well sigh over the passing of such a landmark in the history of Wellington. “ The site of this station has been won from the sea by reclamation, a form of enterprise which has besides added much to the area available for the building, and has been of great value to this city.. In these altered circumstances I imagine that the harbour master may now become the station master, and the pilots the engine drivers, while; it would not have been unfitting if I had been given a bottle of champagne with which to launch this new concern.
“ But in any case I sincerely trust that the skill and enterprise shown in the construction of this station will be rewarded by success, fulfilling the hopes and expectations of the people of Wellington.”''
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Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 10
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224A WITTY TOUCH Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 10
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