NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Press Association. WELLINGTON, yesterday. Mr. Massey, interviewed by the Post after a trip over the Main Trun'k route, speaking not as an expert, sees no insuperable obstacle to the rails being laid right through the end of 1908: The earth-works should certainly be finished by. then, but he is not so sure of the viaducts. He emphatically denies the allegation that the country is a desert. The soil, whore pumice free, is rich, and the timber will in the opinion, of a practical sawmiller like Mr. Mander, the member for Marsden, serve the colony’s needs for a century. Mr. Massey adds that' the bulk of land will be gobd sheep country. There are great scenic assets, and the line ought to pay splendidly, especially for passenger traffic. -Niow that the end of the Main Trunk line
is in sight acceleration of the Strat-
ford connection must receive more attention. Mr. Massey will say nothing re the Land Jiill till the Government makes clear its real position
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2118, 28 June 1907, Page 3
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170NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2118, 28 June 1907, Page 3
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