EAST COAST RAILWAY.
INLAND ROUTE ABANDONED
(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GISBORNE, May 31. Holding that the inland route would be too costly in the first „place, and that the cost of maintenance would bo increased out of proportion to the additional revenue which, might be expected, the Minister of Railways has definitely decided to abandon any intention which formerly existed of carrying the railway from Wairoa to. Gisborne, via Hangaroa. Advice to this effect has. been received by the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 May 1927, Page 9
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82EAST COAST RAILWAY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 May 1927, Page 9
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