Roxburgh-Lawrence Line.

Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 4130, 15 April 1909, Page 8

Roxburgh-Lawrence Line.

THE PREMIER SPEAKS OUT. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'. Dunedin, April 15. Sir J. G. Ward, in a communication to the Dunedin "Star," savs that the decision to stop work on the Roxburgh-Lawrence line, pending Parliament reviewing the position, was unalterable. The Otago Central last year resulted in an abnormally low result of a six shillings per cent, deficiency on a 3 per cent basis of £34,55?, and he estimated the Roxburg line would prove nearly as disastrous. The suggestion that Southland influences had been responsible for the Government's action was baseless and without warrant, while the wretched suggestion that it was done to punish the district because it returned a staunch Oppositionist was almost too contemptible Xo be considered as a matter of such vital importance.