"NATIONAL WASTE"
ROTORUA-TAUPO RAILWAY SAWMILLER'S VIEWPOINT '• From the Dominion viewpoint the proposed Rotorua-Taupo railway is a national waste," declared a prominent. Ivotorua resident in discussing the proposal with an Auckland Star representative. Tho speaker, who is prominently associated with the* timber industry, said that lie frad known the couiitry Lliat the railway would traverse for the past 40 veins. 'Time were two bushes, one owned by the Government, and the other by a syndicate. Some distance back from the route was the Government's plantations, but the timber there would not be of unliable value for years to come. Proceeding, the speaker .said that only a few settlers would benefit, and the land was of the pumice variety. " What is really waided is a real good road," said the speaker ill conclusion. " Thai, could be funned at I lie cost of a few thousand*, "
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16704, 23 July 1928, Page 11
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