RAILWAY TO PIRONGIA.
fLANS AND PETITION LODGED.
MINISTER SYMPATHETIC.
(By Telegraph.—Special to Post.)
WELLINGTON, Friday
A deputation' from the Pirongia Railway League presented the petition and the plans for constituting the railway area to the Minister of Public Works to-day.
M<r Coates expressed sympathy with the 24-inch gauge, and raised no objection to the running of the railway on the roadside.
The Foxton-Sandon tramway had been a great success, and Mr Coates ■promised to do anything that wj'll assist the settlers of Waikato. ,' , The Minister will, visit Te Awamutu as the guest "of the Pirongia Railway League in two weeks' time. .
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Waipa Post, Volume XIX, Issue 1104, 11 June 1921, Page 5
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101RAILWAY TO PIRONGIA. Waipa Post, Volume XIX, Issue 1104, 11 June 1921, Page 5
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