MARLBOROUGH UNANIMOUS IN ITS DELIGHT

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 66, 22 March 1929, Page 5

MARLBOROUGH UNANIMOUS IN ITS DELIGHT

CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH ISLAND LINE CONGRATULATIONS TO GOVERNMENT. LOCAL BODIES PASS RESOLUTIONS. . Press Association— flow-right BLENHEIM, This Day. Marlborough's absolute unanimity and keen delight at the Government's' decision to proceed with the SOuth Main Trunk railway has been demonstrated at every meeting of the local bodies during the lastl few days. Resolutions congratulating the Government on its decision and expressing the utmost confidence in the future 'of the line have been passed by the Marlborough. Provincial Executive of the Faraeife' Union, the Marlborough A. and P. Association, the Blenheim Fanners' Union, and the Blenheim Borough Council, while there will not be a meeting during the next month at which the matter is not further mentioned. The Blenheim Borough Council unanimously resolved laSfj night to congratulate the Prime Minister and his Government on its decision, and to assure them that' the inhabitants of the borough are convinced of the national importance of the line and 'are confident its completion is fully warranted in the interests of the economic development of the Dominion.