TAUPO RAILWAY.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LI, Issue 24, 11 November 1929, Page 3

TAUPO RAILWAY.

DISCONTINUANCE JUSTIFED. COMMISSION’S REPORT. WELLINGTON, Saturday. The opinion that the action of the Government in discontinuing the Rotorua-Taupo railway was thoroughly justified is contained in the report of the Public Petitions M to Z Committee on the prayer of E. Vaile and 88 others for the resumption of the railway, it being recommended that no action he taken. “The committee is also of tinopinion,” states the report, “that the Government should consider the putting into operation of an exhaustive experimental test on a limited area of 10,000 acres of the better class pumice land, to be brought into permanent pasture on the principle of mass employment.”

The Hon. G. W. Forbes stated in the House that he would undertake to give members an opportunity to discuss the matter early next session if the House would agree, not to discuss it on the present occasion.

Mr Contes said he trusted the dission would not he -commenced and then cut off at the 5.30 p.m. adjournment.

Mr Forbes, replying, said an opportunity would be given for a full discussion. One object in asking for a postponement of the discussion was to enable the evidence to be printed and placed in the hands of members, who would not he prejudiced in any way in the matter of expressing views or submitting any motion.