“As Minister of Railways it is my good fortune to have the honour and privilege of welcoming here to-day his Excellency the Governor-General of this Dominion, Lord Galway, the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, his Worship the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, and this vast assemblage of citizens and visitors on the occasion of the official opening of this paradise for railway-men and great national depot for the public, the Wellington new station,” said Mr. Sullivan. “To-day's ceremony will mark the final stage in the long-drawn and arduous period of preparation that has taken place since it was first decided that Wellington must have a new station. When I say that it is just thirty years since proposals were formulated for a new station fronting Bunny Street, it will be realised how long that period of waiting and preparation has been, and it will also be understood why, with a project of this kind in the air, little was done in the way of capital expenditure upon the Wellington stations that this building is to replace.