RAILWAY EXTENSION.
A WEST COAST MOVE
iPe.r Press Association,: WESTPORT, last night. A meeting of the executive of the Bullcr Progress League to,-night was addressed by Mr. 'Barry, representing the Bailer Sawmill Co., formed at Blenheim, who urged the League’s support in inducing the Government to expedite the extension of the Bullcr Gorge railway eleven mile's’'beyond Cascade Creek, towards which work is now progressing. Mr. Barry said his company had taken up a considerable area of land, and expected in twelve mouths to be able to produce J,SOC,CCO feet of timber per annum. If tlie Government pushed the railway across this land, his company would be agreeable to dedicate the area required free of charge, and to give the Government a guarantee of the transport of the timber by railway. lie could place a good business proposition before tlie Government, and believed other companies would be formed to turn to business purposes the. areas on the eleven miles intervening between Cascade Creek and bis company’s property. The Bullcr League welcomed Mr. Barry’s company, ami decided to call a special meeting of the League for next week to support the request-.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16619, 24 December 1924, Page 9
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190RAILWAY EXTENSION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16619, 24 December 1924, Page 9
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