1906: Dunedin Railway Station
August 27, 2018
By AHNZ
This 1906 railway station was an electoral bribe by central government and completely over the top. It has always far exceeded the local population’s needs and always will.“Every time I drive past this building I have this thought; how highly did the architect rate Dunedin to want to build something so grand here.
“It’s a reminder to me that we have a rich inheritance thanks to the sacrifice and dreams of others.“- Nick Beadle
For such mean ends we are taxed! To the ‘glory’ of the Liberals. It was supposed to be for Seddon but the next Prime Minister, Ward, reaped the kleptocratic rewards. Unlike the Liberals’ ridiculous electoral bribe of a dreadnought battleship, which was turned into scrap, this monument to Statism still stands.
“Concerning the Dunedin railway station, the Minister spoke very hopefully. He expects it to be finished in about nine months from how.” – Lyttelton Times (January, 1905,) Papers Past
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Station opened on 12 November, 1906; Ref. North Otago Times; Papers Past
Image ref. Me, May 2018
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