FIFTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS^FROM THE HERALD. Th following are extracts from New Zealand Herald of August Wi 1881: — An effort -is being made by the merchants in Wellington to have £5C y placed on the Estimates for the expenses of an agent to proceed to France for tn® purpose of bringing New Zealand timbers into favourable notice. A project of the utmost importance to Auckland is now about to be commencedIf carried out according to the plans, 1 will probably contribute more to the advancement of this part of north I s e w Zealand than the great public wo™ scheme of Sir Julius Vogel. The °"J® C of the promoters is to open up and renc e , available for settlement a very large trac of fertile land by constructing a I'W o railway connecting with the Thames- V akato line at its present terminus and tending to Rotorna. Over a of first-class agricultural and pastoral < will thus be intersected. The promise i a direct line of rail to Rotorua wi of distinct advantage to -Auckland, is every probability that fluence of Judge Fen ton, tne na. Rotorua will the promoters y very large endowment of e-c----proposed railwaV, and they confide J " pect that the Government will every assistance in forwarding toe p - jected line.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20947, 10 August 1931, Page 6
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