EAST COAST RAILWAY.
£2,000.000 LIKELY TO BE SPENT
BY ENGLISH SYNDICATE. Electric Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, Last Night. An English syndicate is prepared to spend about £2,000,000 in capital on the completion of the abandoned East Coast railway between Napier and Gisborne. The work involved would employ from 1500 to 2000 men continuously for a considerable possibly for two years. This information was submitted this afternoon to Ministers of the Crown by a deputation from the East Coast. The Ministers w-ere the acting-Prime Minister (Air Ransom) and the acting-Alinister of Railways (Hon. R. Alasters), and the deputation comprised Alessrs W. D. Lysnar, former' member for Gisborne; J. Jackson, of Gisborne, who is chairman of the local organisation which advocates the completion of the East Coast railway ; and C. Alorse, Mayor of Napier, who represents both Napier and Hastings. Reporters were in attendance at Parliament Buildings to report the deputation’s representation" to the Ministers, but it was decided to discuss the question in camera. Later it was reported officially that the deputation was assured by the Ministers that everything possible had been done by the Government to secure a reply from the Prime Alinister in London and that they were awaiting information.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12962, 29 May 1935, Page 5
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200EAST COAST RAILWAY. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12962, 29 May 1935, Page 5
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