HOROWHENUA HIGHWAYS.
MONEY WANTED URGENTLY. NEW WELLINGTON RAILWAY STATION. (Special to “Chronicle.’’) WELLINGTON, Last Night. Mr W. 11. Field (Otaki) lias given notice of his intention to ask the Minister of Public Works whether the necessary money will be quickly made available to enable the Horowhenua County Council to carry out its plans for the 18 miles in Horowhenua County of the main Wellington-Auckland highway.
Unless this money is provided at once, over 100 men will be thrown out of employment, and valuable plant and p. largo sum of loan money, bearing interest and sinking fund, will bo idle, explained Mr Field. Another question, tabled by Mr Field, is addressed to the Minister of Railways, who is asked to state whether, in considering the question of site of the new Wellington railway station, he will see to it that Davis Street is not the location selected. People who have been travelling for years on the Manawatu line have been waiting patiently for the time to come when they would be carried to a central station in the city, Bunny Street havcing boon long ago selected, added Mr Field, by way of explanation.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1929, Page 5
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