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Sir David Owen's report of 1941, in so far as they dealt with the Railway development and clearance from the port will be over-ridden as a result.of a proposal that the Kaitak air field is to be retained as a secondary field for the services. Neither the port on which the Colony literally lives, nor its future industrial progress can afford this alienation of such a valuable factory area, while an alternative site for a marshalling yard and lay-out having access to shipping will be almost impossible.to find.

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Meanwhile, in the immediate future rehabilitation of both these sections awaits supplies, and until these are forthcoming, the line cannot perform its proper function as a clearance factor of the port or as an adequate economic asset to the Colony as a whole.

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