RAILWAY WORKS STOPPED.
MINISTER'S REPLY TO PROTEST--.'. ** JOb. /chairman of the Auckland Railways; League, Mr. P. Cheal,' yesterday received V ; i; a reply from the Minister for Pub!i°:y?; : f Works' to the telegram sent, on behalf of . -\r , the league; in reference to the Waihj- ; Athenree section of the East Coast B# . . way. . : Mr. Cheal inquired as to the cor- I Wetness of the report that 20 men have .j been taken oil construction work on W V.|J: section, and suggested that a foreman °*V works or superannuated engineer ) of i"K ' &1 Public Works Department, ineligible IjP • military..service, should carrv the tf° rK ' The Hon. W. Fraser replied as 0 *; —"The-; engineer in charge of the 3 ?? J|§it| Athenree line having been drawn in j?sM|l| ballot, I "am reluctantly compelled to »»! !'&*&! work on, that section. What you suggv 15 .quite impracticable^ ' $-Wz
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 4
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142RAILWAY WORKS STOPPED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 4
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