NEW RAILWAY GOODS SHED OPENED BY MINISTER.—The Minister of Railways (the Hon. R. Semple) speaking at the official opening of the new outward goods shed at the Christchurch railway yards yesterday. With the Minister is the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews). Of reinforced concrete, the shed is the largest building of its kind in New Zealand. It is 650ft long and 172ft wide, and cost about £80,000 to erect.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24868, 7 May 1946, Page 6
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69NEW RAILWAY GOODS SHED OPENED BY MINISTER.—The Minister of Railways (the Hon. R. Semple) speaking at the official opening of the new outward goods shed at the Christchurch railway yards yesterday. With the Minister is the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews). Of reinforced concrete, the shed is the largest building of its kind in New Zealand. It is 650ft long and 172ft wide, and cost about £80,000 to erect. Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24868, 7 May 1946, Page 6
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