11l the matter of railways (said the President of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in his annual address), we were still an isolated people. There was probably no other instance in the civilised world of so large a population being destitute in like manner of railway communication with the outside. It really appeared some time hack as if a genuine attempt would at last he made to complete the railway south and to push on the northern extension. But the promises of the Government were made to he broken, and unless our representatives in the House—practically all of whom were pledged to see that some siiDscantial progress should be made —used their power to the utmost, he greatly ieared we should again be disappointed. The Chamber of Commerce would assist the Railway League to secure a more rapid rate o. f coastiuctioaj
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 837, 11 March 1903, Page 4
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142Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 837, 11 March 1903, Page 4
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