MEETING AT KUMARA.
(united press association.) Kumara, June 5.
A large public meeting was held in the Town Hall last night to agitate for a loop line to the East and West Coast Railway. The Mayor presided. The following resolution was carried unanimously :—“That this meeting is of opinion that, in view of the construction of the East and West Coast and Hokitika-Grey Railway, it weuld greatly enhance the value of those undertakings if a branch line or loop line, via Stafford, Waimea, and Kumara was constructed, and would respectfully urge upon Government to have the required surveys and necessary data taken as early as possible, and that the work be one of Government recognition in having its construction considered in the allocation of the coming loao. The branch line referred to would travel tha entire valley of the Teremakau, which contains vast mineral resources, besides timber and a large quantity of good agricultural land.”
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 745, 11 June 1886, Page 30
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