Railways and Settlement.
PREMIER'S STRAIGHT REPLY TO A DEPUTATION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last nigbt. A deputation representing the Marlborough Railway and Land Loaguo waited upon the Hons. Seddon, Ward, Hall-Jones, and Duncan to-night, to urge the prosecution o£ the Blenheim-Waipara lino, and the necessity for closer settlement of the land. It was recognised that tho lino could not be pushed on while tho Flaxbourne Estate was locked up, and tho deputation asked that the Government should take prompt stops to acquire tho estate, and so facilitate the construction of the line. Mr Seddon, in replying, said that an answer to the deputation could not be given off-hand. To take possession of such a large estate as Flaxbourne opened up a large question of finance. They must consider what was to be the limit of expenditure of borrowed money for public works. Already one and a half million was required for the line, for improvemennts half a million, and a like amount for land purchases. With that expenditure in view, it was just about time that the position was fairly faced. To announce a borrowing policy at the present time would be prejudicial to the colony’s finance. ' I
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 171, 31 July 1901, Page 2
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