LIGHT RAILWAY PROJECT.
FRANKTON TO RAGUAN* MEETING IN OPPOSITION. (bx XELEQEAPH.—OWN : ' '"Ofi'REr'l'ONDKSrri] V'.' ::;•;■;. IEEAMILTO'??.' Saturday. Opposition to the proposal to construct a light railway from Frankton to ■ RagJan and Kawhia was expressed at a meeting of setters at Ngahinepouri. The meeting was convened for the purpose of selecting candidate for seats on :<?; the Board.'■ :".'•.■■• ' v : -s : '■
Mr. Stewart Reid said the * line would I be':." of no benefit. ' Mr. }J. J. Ryburn ; said the scheme meant i ; putting •'two streaks of "across the countryside. Strong exception was .'taken by speakers to .. the fact that the Maoris, numbering nearly 400 on the roll, had the same voting power as the : ratepa3rer. /': Mr. Cooper, of Waitetuna, a member of •! the Provisional Board, said a great deal of revenue would be forthcoming from a coal mine on the route. He admitted the line would not Be a payins proposition apart v from the coal. _ Messrs V ; E. .P. . Rybum. ■; J,, H. r Gore, D, B. Livingstone, and G.Bateman were selected as candidates. - Meetings in support of the candidates and in opposition • to the scheme are' to be 'held throughout i the district. ~..w... :\ , &' uu i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 6
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192LIGHT RAILWAY PROJECT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 6
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