MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11506, 30 September 1915, Page 2

MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

ANOTHER LENGTH AUTHORISED [FROM OCR Oorrespondbnt.] WELL!XGTON, September 29. A. further length of the South Tsland Main Trunk line from Kekera-ngu to Clarence River, about thirteen miles, is authorised in the Rail way 3 Authorisation BiE, which the Hon W. Fraser put through Parlifvmci.it to-night. Mr M'Oalhmi thanked the Minister for making the further authorisation of the Main Souih Trunk lino, A gap of only sixty-jive miles remained to .Imk up Auckland with the Bluff. At present the. northern section earned very littlo profn. hub when completed and linked up with the Canterbury eystem iit would easily pay the .interest. The next thing they hoped for was that the Minister would' put, a substantial (sum on the TJstimates for the work. Mr Forbes f-.aid tho only fault he had to find with tho authorisation was that it did not cover the whole remaining gap. They were not asking for the work to be done at once, that depended on finance, but as a trunk line it- ought to be treated at least well as the east coast line in the Xortli Island, which the Bill authorised over its whole lengthSupport for the South Island Main Trunk line came from Mr Hornsby (Wairarapa) who declared that there was no more pressing need. Someday the, country would realise the real value -of this line, and he hoped it would' not- be many,years before it was joined up. For strategic purposes alone if. would be of enormous value.