TAUPO RAILWAY
WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY BAY OF PLENTY OBJECTION. Press Association— Com Tight OPOTIKI, Tin's Day. Great indignation has been created throughout the Bay of Plenty by the decision of the Government to immediately commence the construction of the Rotorua-Taupo railway, it being (considered that 'bin* present building of this line is uncalled fo v , and a waste of public monev.
On behalf of the Opotiki County Council, the chairman, Mr ,T. H. Reid, dispatched the following telegram to Mr Ooates:—
"County electors view with general dissatisfaction and disappointment the Government's decision to proceed with the railway from Rotorua to Taupo, while the main East 1 Coast railway between Taneatua and Opotiki remains uncompleted. In view of the assured revenue from the fertile- settled hind between Tanee'tua and Opotiki, electors, cannot understand the reason , for the Government's delay', and urges that immediate provision be made for this extension." It is understood that similar messages have been, forwarded to the Prime Minister from the • Opotiki Chamber of Commerc. the Fanners' Union } the Borough Council, Whakatane County Council, and tub. Bay of Plenty Development League, whjeh. represents every local- body in the: Bay of Plenty and .Rotqrua. and hi- . eludes the chambers of commerce.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 83, 3 July 1928, Page 5
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