MORRINSVILLE STATION
TRUCKING OF STOCK ) j ] RAILWAY DEPARTMENT’S DECISION j 'Special to Times.) MORRINSVILLF, Friday | The problem for stock agents of driving | mobs of sheep and cattle through the bor-oug-h or Morrmsville Iran the saleyards to the railway station has been causing farmers and townspeople much concern m recent years, since the weekly Morrmsville sales have become the largest In the Auckland province. There have been requests to the Railways Department that stock-loading facilities should be provided near Ihe saleyards. which back on to the railway line nearly half-a-mile Trom the railway stai tion. I A reply received by the Morrmsville «’ Borough Council this week from the Minister of Railways states that the circumstances have been investigated, but the results disclose that the transference of stock-loading facilities would not be warranted at the present time. The department has spent large sums in recent years in improving the stockyards at the station. New loading yards near the saleyards would also create dittlcultles for shunting.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20422, 12 February 1938, Page 5
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