THE EAST COAST.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14400, 23 March 1911, Page 5

THE EAST COAST.

A WEST COASTER'S VISIT. A RAILWAY PROMISED. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, March 22. The Hon. R. McKenzie, who is on a Visit to the East Coast north of Giaborae, returned to Gisborne this evening, and was entertained by the wh?,!? fr °CP omm ®J6e at a banquet, at wh oh His Honor Mr Justice Chapman A ■ S ' M - -ro P S „ McKenzie expressed himself of fhl y r f- S ! i, wlfch the potentialities of the district he had visited, and emphasised tho necessity for closer settlement Referring to railways, ' the Minister said a few months would see a start at both ends with the GisborneiSapier railway, and it would be one of tiie most important lines in the Dominion. Iho East Coast main trunk line would get to Motu inside of eighteen months, and ivlien connected up eventually le one of the m „ st profitable m the Dominion, tapping fvnm V CRS ri country. The rail fiom Tauianga would probably reach Opotilu at tho same time as the rail from Motu would reach Opotibi. Ihe Minister leaves in the morninotor rsapier, overland via Wairoa. to IoFUne 10Ute ° f tHe Na P ier - Gi sborne