RAILWAY WORKS.
VALUJ'S \LO\G THE MAIN TRUNK i ... : (BST TELUGlUra—ri«?s ASSOCIATION.I Chi istchuroh, February 21. .. Interviewed here. 'Mr^ : ifor I'ublic Works, said '' ;" . ''Work on our North Island jifiiin Trunk 'Railway js ..prtgrasbg^satisfactorily,-.;and'. tilicre is every prospect tliict my phophecy of threo years ago that the lino would be open for i through': traffic ;before the .closo of "1908 will be fulfilled. -I havei noticed that, land .along; the route h»B.'.; ! Veen*.' : fetching high prices.' . ohakuii(s7 i heing'';u raihviy stoppiugplaco/. should'. be. town,, but' ' •the same, cannot be said' of ,spmo. of the: dif- , fcrent' .'townships along 'in which' land '.has: cHahg«l-\ : ;h?n'ds7:.at ! ''fau<!y figures. .'The disastrous, biish'/liresj' which wo , all regret from a national point of view, have dono, no serious damage to the line. :'As to the Midland "Railway, Mr. M. M'Lean (one of the contractors for the Otira tunnel), is expected back shortly with the . plant necessary for. the"tunnel, after which operations will, no doubt be pushed on . vigorously; The Rblleston duplication is going on . well, and is 'res substantially advanced-ns tho very much' larger duplication undertakings at Wellington and DimedW
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 128, 22 February 1908, Page 7
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183RAILWAY WORKS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 128, 22 February 1908, Page 7
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