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Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1935, Page 6

ENGLISH PLANS

GISBORN E-NAPIER RAILWAY

DEPUTATION TO MINISTERS.

WELLINGTON, May 2Sh An English syndicate i* prepared to spend about. £2,000,000 in capital on tut' completion ol the abandoned East Coast railway between Napier and Gisborne. Ihe work involved would employ from 'ISOO to 2000 men continuously for a considerable period, possibly for two years. This information was submitted this afternoon to Ministers ot the Crown by a deputation; from the East Coast. The Ministers were the Actiug-Pr:me Minister (the Hoii. E. A. Ransom) and the Acting-Minister for Railways (the Hon. R. Masters), and the deputation comprised Mr W. I). Lysnar, formerly member of Parliament for Gisborne, Mr J. Jackson, of Gisborne, who is chairman of iE 3 local organisation which advocates completion of the East Coast railway, and Mr C. .0 Morse, Mayor of Napier, who represents both Napier and Hastings. Reporters were in attendance at Parliament Buildings to report the deputation’s representations to the Ministers; but it was decided to discuss tlie question in camera. Later, it was reported officially that the deputation was assured by the Ministers that everything possible had been done by the Government to secure a reply from the Prime Minister in London, and that they were awaiting information. • ' ! . '• V