SPEEDING MAIN LINES U?

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 672, 25 May 1929, Page 8

SPEEDING MAIN LINES U?

StR JOSEPH WARD’S PROGRAMME FOUR PRINCIPAL WOR*s Press Association NELSON', Fnd*, The railways construction p o u_ the Government was referred to C the Prime Minister. Sir Joseph at a civic reception in Nelson to*,. Sir Joseph said the rapid of the main lines had been in the forefront of the Government, policy at the last election, and received the strong endorsement o' the majority of the people. the fixed determination of the Go, ernment to carry out that policy, promoting the welfare of the who'Dominion. Sir Joseph Ward said he hoped to complete the South Island railway h three or four years, the Nelson-Wesi Coast railway in three or four yev* and the Gisborne-Napier line la (o«or five years. The process of tfc« latter line would be governed lugeiT by the requirements of a large bridge The Taranaki-Auckland line wtmM also be completed at the same rau Referring to the South Island me. way connecting Pictoq with the Somfc, Sir Joseph said that the Government chose the coastal route, as was don. with the Gisborne-Napier line, lor several reasons. Route was of importance than completion, ter tiers could connect with the raflway by motor