PROPOSED RAILWAY
TAUBO TO PUTARURU. TIMBER COMPANY’S OFFER. It is •reported that good progress is being mode with the negotiations between the Government and the TaupoTotara Timber Company with reference to the proposals for the construction of a railway from Taupo to Putaruru. At a conference between the Minister for Railways, representatives lof the Railway Department, representatives of the Putaruru-Taupo Railway Board, and Mr F. G. Dalziell (chairman of directors of tho Taupo-Totara Timber Company) an offer was made on behalf of tho company that if the board could show that the construction of its proposed railway would serve the other timber interests in the district better than the Taupo-Totara Company’s line, the oompany would raise no objection to the issue to the Railway Board of the necessary Order-in-Council for the construction of the railway alongside the existing section. This proposal is expected to pave the Way towards the carrying out of the project.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 7
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154PROPOSED RAILWAY New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 7
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