SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK IS INSPECTED.
“ PREVIOUS OPINION CONFIRMED,” SAYS RAILWAYS MINISTER “My tour has confirmed my previous opinion as to the justification for com pleting the line,” the Hon W. B. Tay erner, Minister of Railways, said in Christchurch last evening, after coming along the South Island Main Trunk route. “I regard the route from two points of view. In the first place for a scenic railway line it is unrivalled. The route runs through country that lends itself more than any other country to scenic attraction. “From a land settlement point of view, it is of the utmost importance. I had the advantage of touring the dis* trict with Mr E. F. Healy, member for Wairau, a practical man. I certainly was agreeably surprised to see such a large area that could be brought into closer settlement. This area lies between the Ure River and the Clarence, a distance of about forty miles. “These are my impressions from a general survey, and it is true that I saw the district under ideal conditions. I found very abundant evidence in Picton and Blenheim, and in other places I visited, of unanimous support of the project.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18787, 17 June 1929, Page 7
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