NAPIER-GISBORNE RAILWAY
CARRYING ON WITH CONSTRUCTION
A further indication that the Government is in earnest in its intention to vigorously prosecute the construction of the railway between Gfsborne and Wairoa is the fact that the first of the rails for the track near Gisborne have been landed at Gisborne. This is part of an order which will provide sufficient rails for the laying of about 17 miles traa j between Gisborne and the big tunnel, and they are being taken by lorry to the Makaraka station, where they .will be Stored until required. The route o£ the line between Muriwai and Gisborne has yet to be settled, and bridges constructed before the track will be laid. , The rails are of the heavy 701 b. type, which conform to the main line standard. In audition, 14,000 sleepers have been ordered and are expected to arrive shortly, borne sleepers and rails are also expected to arrive shortly at Waikokopu, and there will be sufficient sleepers on hand for laying bn any formation done during The next two years. v ■ '
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 82, 31 December 1929, Page 16
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177NAPIER-GISBORNE RAILWAY Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 82, 31 December 1929, Page 16
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