Railway Accommodation: In compliance with a requisition numerously signed, a public meeting was held at the Town Hall, on Tuesday last, to take into consideration the existing railway communication between this town, Torquay, and Exeter … The speeches of Mr. Fords and Mr. Bowdon, while expatiating on the advantages secured to the town by the South Devon Company, were rapturously applauded. Altogether the meeting was a very enthusiastic one. Among those present were: Sir W. Rae, C.B., J. Courbier, W. J. Watts, Esq., T. Woollcombe, Esq., (chairman of the South Devon Company), F. P. Cockhott, Esq., (traffic superintendent South Devon Company) … (includes) … J. Pinsent …
[note: S. Devon Company were strongly opposed to further development]
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