OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY LEAGUE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 38

OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY LEAGUE.

A meeting; of the p\oci'nU' of the Otugo (Vntral Railway League u.i^ held on the, 17th. and wa»s attended b} Mc--i h \\ . Burnett iclutiiina:i! '1' \\ . K<-inpth<ji !.<■. \\ 1 Tal i/oye, K. Rolen-. \\" Biuu'i, -I Jolly, jun., and L. D M 'George.

Mr C. Ray, Ban rock burn, wrote -stating that at a u.eeti'ijr cf Ins branch ir had been iv«^j'vcd that, the hiitrrch render sincere thanki to ihe Dtwo League and all the f-emleiuen \\ ho v-rt to i ' yde at tho opening of tin- l.ne and awste-d the deputation from Uppe r Cluina to urge the construction of the railway from CUde to Wanaka. — Kh.ch cd.

li »a^ resolved that the Gcnernment bo i"quested to proceed with the alternative Jitney of tho line from C'lvdo to Cromwell, th.-> Chairman ieuiarkmg that die Govern-nu-ii r should be urg-d to eet aside a laijje sum for thi* portion of the line.

It was further resohed that Mr Barclay, M H R., be requested to convene a meeting of Otago members immdiatelv after Parhai.ient u.et for the purpose of urging the Government to proceed without delay with th" continuation of the Otago Central tail wpy beyond Clyde. A further motum wa* pa«e<l that the seeretanea of the league* at Bannockbuni. Crcmwell, Hawea Fiat, and Pembroke bo rr quested to urge the repreaentativs of the d.srr.et m Pailiament to sea that no further delay bo permitted in proceeding wuh the sarvev of the line beyond Clyde, which was promised by the Minister of Public Works nhon the line wart formally opened to that point as pubhclv stated by Mr Macpherson, M H.R. It was agreed that the draft annual report should be submitted to ncit oidinary meetin? of tlio cx.cc nine. Apologies for n'o-epce w^re rncr-ivrvl from M(«U A. R Parr-lav M.H R . 1 . K. Sidov M H R . and G Howdon.