MR SEDDON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 13028, 2 December 1905, Page 7

MR SEDDON.

BIS SOUTHERN DOINGS.

Per Press Association. Lawrence, December 1

The turning' of ' the first sod of the I Tiiapeka-Box;burgii railway took plac^f this afternoon. The Premier, accompanied "by 1 llrs" SecKdoh, the Mayor of Du-ned-in," nxemibers of^he Otaigo League, and a number of ' representative citi-' zens, journeyed from town 1 by special trains Mayor of Lawrence welcomed the party, the school children I presenting ".Mrs Seddon wi-th a 'bouqtiet. The Premier vras presen-ted with- a golden spade 1 . In turning- t3ie sod of the first section, which will be about six miles in length, "* the premier said the total cost of the line would be about £200,000, -and lie larognostipattd t-bat a large area of land, wliich was now regarded as purely pastoral, would eventually be taken up for fruit grow-, ing, and support thousands ol fanii;. lies. With runs cut up, .for ' closer settlement, awd Central Otago ' effectively irrigated, the country was "capable of m-a'hitamrmg a largje population. , There would be practically threa loops, ooi'O connecting wi-th Invercarg?)l vi a Clarksville, another connecting Eoxburgh with Alexandra, and there would be a direct conaiiection with Dunfjfin. - „ . The party was entertained at ' luncbeon. by the tow^nspeople- of Law- I rence, an-d in the evening ai a social. To-morrow the Premier ' speaks a-"t W'ailiola, . and in • the . evening proceeds to • Stirling. '