HON. R. M'KENZIE
(Per Press Association.)
GISBORNE, March 22
TJi-9 Hen. R. MeKenzie was en-fcer-tainetl here tliis evening. He express-: cd himselr as greatly ple.rt--ed with the potentialities of tlie d:strict he had visited, and emphasised the necessity for closer settlement instead of the large ?<reas at present held. Referring to railways., the Minuter said in a few months there would be a start at ths Gisborne end and at the Napier' end Avith tli3 Gisbcrne-Napier Kailway,, and it would be one of the most important lines in the Dominion. He said the Eastr Coast Main Trunk would get to Motu insida of 18 months, and wheai connected up would eventually be one of the niost profit able in the Dominion, tapping vast areas of rich country. The' railway from Tauranga would probably reach Opotiki at the sams'timel as "the railway from Motu would reach Opotiki. The Minister leaves early in the morning for Napier overland via TVniroa to follow the rente of the Na-pier-GJsborne line.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12711, 23 March 1911, Page 8
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166HON. R. M'KENZIE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12711, 23 March 1911, Page 8
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