IMPRESSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND
RATE OF RAILWAY-MAKING ' OPOTIKI'S WORLD-WIDE ..;■,-■ FAME Paul Gooding, a Bostonian,. has published' someimpressions of a trip in New Zealand, and his book should' certainly assist the New Zealand tourist department in the United States (says Life). Amongst the'extracts quoted by .'.'Life "the following are of local interest; • "Speed in railway construction is another popular joke subject with New Zealanders. A hundred miles of railway takes many years to build.' "When do you expect railway communication with Gisborne'? I inquired of an Opotiki hotelkeeper. '" 'Not in our'day,' he grimly replied. 'Once a Government Minister assured a deputation that the Opotiki-Gisborne line was 'pushing ahead rapidly'; whereupon a member of the delegation inquired: '"'Do you think the railway will reach our district during the term of our leases V " 'Wfyat is the term of your leases ?' asked the Minister. "'Nine hundred.and ninetynine years,'responded the delegate."
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 26 June 1914, Page 3
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