Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Railways.

“It has been my pleasure and privilege, since taking over the portfolio of Railways four years ago, to take part in several functions associated with important improvements introduced on the New Zealand railways,” stated the Minister of Railways (Hon. D. G. Sullivan) when officially opening the new railway ‘bus terminal. “These improvements are all part of the work upon which the Government is engaged in the course of developing New Zealand to make its resources, industrial, social and scenic, increasingly available to its people.

“Hence I regard this occasion, the official opening of the Railway Road Services new passenger station in Dunedin, as just one more step in the irresistible march of progress in that branch of Dominion affairs associated with transportation. In this connection we have had, in the past year or two, the opening of Wellington's new station, the electrification of the Johnsonville suburban line and the introduction there of electric ‘multiple unit passenger trains, the completion of the Mohaka Viaduct and the opening of the Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu section of the Napier-Gisborne railway, the introduction and extension of rail-cars on various lines, and the commencement of work on a new station and railway yards at Christchurch.

“Today's function is one of great national, as well as local, importance, for although the immediate purpose of this new road services passenger stations is to meet the needs of the railway road services now operating to and from Dunedin, it is designed on a scale sufficiently ample to provide for the many extensions of road services which must follow the completion of certain important works upon which my friend and colleague, the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, and his department, have been devoting much thought and energy. I refer to such great arterial highways as that intended to link up Dunedin with Milford Sound and the many scenic resorts in that vicinity, and with Westland via the Haast Pass Road.