SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20987, 25 September 1931, Page 10

SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAY.

PROPOSED INSPECTION. PARLIAMENTARY PARTY INVITED. [BT TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BLENHEIM. Thursday. On behalf of citizens and settlers of Marlborough, telegrams are being sent to-day to all members of the House of Representatives inviting them as guests of the Marlborough Progress League to inspect the route and progress of the work of the South Island Main Trunk railway 011 Wednesday and Thursday. It is intended that thoso accepting the invitation shall proceed from Christchurch to Parnassus by train 011 Wednesday morning. At Parnassus cars will convey them over the route as far as Kaikoura, where the night will be spent. On Thursday tbo country from Kaikoura to Picton will be covered, and the members will catch tlio Tamahine, arriving at Wellington at 6 p.m. 011 Thursday, in time for the resumption of Parliament on the following day. It is hoped there will be a large acceptance of the invitation, and that thoso members who do not know the country or the advanced state of the railway construction will take the opportunity to familiarise themselves with it. " SEPARATE PARLIAMENT." IDEA BEING CANVASSED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] BLENHEIM. Thursday. At a meeting of the Blenheim Borough Council, which decided that the whole counqil should take part in the proposed railway deputation to Wellington, Mr. T. B. Salmon said every effort must be made to impress Parliament with the essential nature of the line to Marlborough. Even the question as to whether the time was not lipo for the establishment of a separate Parliament for the South Island was being canvassed, he said, and had a surprising number of supporters. Of course, it was not a matter for the council to discuss, tjit, the fact was interesting as stressing Marlborough's earnestness on the railway question.