RAILWAY DEVIATION
PALMERSTON NORTH SCHEMB [Ter Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 11 When the Palmerston North railway deviation was proposed in 1924 the expenditure was suggested because traffic developments at that point indicated that it would double in 12| years. Subsequent experience has shown that this expectation has not been fulfilled and that crucial fact, coupled with the financial considerations, has determined the Government in deciding to suspend the work. The above statement was made by Sir Joseph Ward to-day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 91, 17 April 1929, Page 7
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79RAILWAY DEVIATION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 91, 17 April 1929, Page 7
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