THE MAIN TRUNK LINE

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 165, 15 July 1920, Page 5

THE MAIN TRUNK LINE

DEPUTATION TO MINISTERS

The Progress Committee's organiser has received a telegram from the Member for Wairau, stating that qalrangements lisive been made for the Maribc;rough deputation t& meet the Prime Minister .-,nd Public Works Minister in tiie Cabinet room on Monday .'noriiing next. '

lii addition to making representations about the- Main Trunk Line, ether matters will be brought before the- notice of Ministers. These- include the need for improvements to the existing railway, especially shed accommodation at P'icton and way stations; improvements to tho Pie-ton wharf.) where thei;© is no portabledrane or winch for .loading and unloading. As a result 01 this the barque Raupo with coal has been delayed for a month, and has had to pay a large' awn to have the steamer Admiral alongside so as .to use' her winch. The need for an up-to-date* <huly ferry .service between Marlborough and Wellington. will also bo stress xl; and various road matters, including tl-.e bridge' over the Opawa f;5 Renwick and the road ''through the Wairau Valley to Tophouse.