RAILWAYS.
DEUTATION TO THE PREMIER, Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, April 28. Sir Joseph. AVard told a Roxburgh Lawrence railway deputation that the Cabinet had considered irrigation in Central Otago, the Lawrence-Roxburgh line, and the Otago Central railway m conjunction. The Government of the day had been forced, into the prosecution of the Otago Central on promises that it would bo revenue-earning. Now other railways were being saddled with the Otago Central's deficiency. He hinted at the probability of the imposition of a higher railway rate in Otago in justice to other railways in the Dominion. The Government were willing to build the Roxburgh railway if the people of the district were prepared to guarantee the difference between the interest on the cost of construction and'the revenue returns. lie responsibility was too great lot- the Government to sanction a further prosecution of the work withuu't consulting Parliament,
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13890, 29 April 1909, Page 3
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146RAILWAYS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13890, 29 April 1909, Page 3
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