SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAYS
ARGUMENT OVER ROUTES. EAST COAST LINE SUPPORTED. By Telegraph.—Press Assoc alien. Christchurch, June 21. . The annual controversy over the respective merits of the West and East Coast railway routes led to a three hours' discussion at the conference of the South Island Progress League to-day. Mr. R. F. Goulter (Marlborough) moved “that this conference emphasises the importance of completing the New Zealand main trunk railways in the South Island between Parnassus and Wharanui, and that in the meantime the survey of this gap be accelerated.” The remit was supported by the Marlborough delegates but opposed strongly by Nelson, who urged the completion of the West Coast gap. The chairman suggested that, the alternative proposals be discussed in committee and this was done for two hours. The Marlborough remit was then carried. The following Nelson remit was confirmed: “That the railway from Stanhope to Murchison b e completed as speedily as possible.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 June 1927, Page 14
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