RAILWAYS
WELLINGTON.— The only refereice to a vote of £2o>',ooo in the Supplement ry Estimates for railways construction i' ; the Auckland district' was made by Mr A. Sutherland (O—Haurai|) in the House of Representatives yesterday. r Mr Sutherland expressed plesure at the inclusion ci this itehi, as theije hat beep very little in the main Estimates. { “Aucklanc has been starving fer railways, while the Hutt Valley seems to feet everything,” said’Mr Sutherland. , He urgedbhe electrification of the line south of Aickiand, at least as fa; as Papakura. and tie duplication of the lire between Paerata and Ohinewai.
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Northern Advocate, 27 November 1948, Page 2
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