PROPOSED EAST COAST RAILWAY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 20 July 1912, Page 5

PROPOSED EAST COAST RAILWAY

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DISCUSSION AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

At the ,me: ting of the Mastcvlon ■Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the Pc-Kidc-nt ("Mr A'. Henedrsoi:) reported upon the recent visit of a. deptftatoi:. from -i<!ic I'ongaroa League. He eta-ted that a meet in g was to (be he-Id on Wednesday, J-uly 31st, to deal wiii'i the question cf forming a T _ _

league-. Communications were received from the Waterfalls 'and Wnipukurau branches?, cspresshig sympathy with the project, and from Ihe Whaku'a ki branch of the Farmers' Unie.-.i, r.tatnig that a CY/nin i'tteo been r;et uj) to further i>'.ic imovemont. The President stated that «a meeting was to be held <;ft Tinui Co frtTj a branch of the League. Mr iMvingtoH thought it very desira,ble that the railway should be taken as near to Tinui as possible. There wias a great de.il v! country to be opened up there mi ' regord to dr/vying, etc. Mr C. E. Daniell stated that he had received a number of coni'iiranieaticns on 'the subject. He was glad to see that since they 'had' adopted the Earafc Coast proposal a great deal of interest W£i's manifested. He saw by the morning (paper that Eketahun.i intended .sending clelcgatofj to the meeting in M;;isterten. He ibe-lieved tihat the interests of Mastei&oa and Eketahnna were ulpntrcal in the matter of opening up tho Pongaroa distinct-. So' far as Pahiatua Avas concerned, t'hey need wot consider ftihafc project. The President -stated tli.it a lively .interest nvas being taken, in tihe matter throughout the whole of tfie East [Coast district. _ Mr J. Brown stated that a sum of 'money had been voted by the Chamber to prepare reformation for the meeting on July 31 fit. It was desir'able tlw-t itSiey should ihave a large V.na.p ttiowl-ng tlie whole district affected by the proposed 'railway. . T;lie secretary asked if M.r El/own 'wa'rj of opOnion that the CCiamiber 'should advocate a railway from M.i<r-(t-nvborough to Wr/pukurau. Mr Prjuiell: We iwant to open up 'tho Eii.st Coast country. Mr Brown stated that all he required wa.s plan© Cif tihe East Coa- 'i lands. It was 'fcr the League to deicid.o wOiat route the railway' would Itake. He would move that tCie secire tary be iiiistrucitod to procure froir the Government cU'larged showing tliij whole of the Ea.st Cbad't coilntry from Waipukura-u to Pailiser Bay and that a suitable person be employed to prepare a tracV.ig of the line: already explored by the Government. Hlie President seconded the rceolu ition, wOirk'ili was carried. It was decided, on the motion o )M)r J. C. Etvington, .that Mr 11. H ■Ndvens be asked to form a ihra.nel of tlie League at Tliirui, and appoin delegates (for the meeting in Master ton. Sbme di:,.<=(cu.s,f.on took place upoi tlie que'stiion of wihether the publi meeting should ibe [held in tihe riftei noon or evening., and it was eventu ally decided that the 'meeting b hold in Murray's Hall at 7.30 o'oloc in the evening. A .committee eoite':stin;g of Meesi Hen dens ow, Ewington', Daniell ain .Brown was appointed to prepare daf for the meeting.

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