The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 9 (January 1, 1929)
Hopes for the Future
page 26
Hopes for the Future.
Mr. T. Lambert, representing the Wairoa Chamber of Commerce, hoped that before long the “iron horse” would be seen daily on the Napier-Wairoa line. He was of the opinion that there was nothing on wheels to beat the railway engine. With cheap fertilisers the East Coast would double its production within fifteen years.