PAEROA-POKENO RAILWAY.
NOT LIKELY TO BE CONSTRUCTED. Per Press Association. THAMES. Sept. 23. The Thames Star is in a position to state that the Paeroa-Pokeno line will not eventuate, at least not for a number or years. It does not fit in with the Government's policy. The departmental opinion is that the line would not pay for tire difficulties in the way or construction which were not realised at the first observation. The roads over the area are steadily sinking and therefore the cost of constructing and maintaining a railway would exceed the previous estimate's and be prohibitive, while it is almost certain that a shorter and better loop, between Taupiri and Morrinsville. is exercising the minds of the department. Finally, after a traffic tally over the route had been taken, it was found that with the motor and sea competition there is little need for a third mode of transport as far as the plains are concerned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 254, 25 September 1929, Page 8
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158PAEROA-POKENO RAILWAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 254, 25 September 1929, Page 8
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