MAIN TRUNK LINE.
WORKERS AS SETTLERS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL. COKBESPONDEST.] We ujsqwts , Wednesday. Speaking in the House this evening, Mr. Jennings said that a number of men would shortly "be discharged from the Main Trunk railway works, including the sawmill owned by the Government at Kakahi, near Tanmamtmi. He urged that provision should be made for settling them in the district, where they had resided, in some instances, for three year?. The Minister (Hon. R. McNab) raid that provision was being made for settling some of the Main Trunk railway workers, but the Government did not wish to have the bush destroyed for the purpose. He-in-tended to keep track of these workers, and provide holdings for them as soon as possible, but he did not anticipate that they could all be placed on suitable holdings as soon as the railway works were completed. Mr. Okey and Mr. M'assey urged the desirability of preparing the Waimarino and Waiouru Plains for settlement, the latter expressing the opinion that pastoral pursuits could be profitably carried on in these districts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13839, 27 August 1908, Page 7
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175MAIN TRUNK LINE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13839, 27 August 1908, Page 7
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