NO FURTHER DELAY
Work on South Island Main Trunk By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, September 12. Only delay in providing accommodation chiefly because of the difficulty of securing timber from the West Coast has been responsible for the relatively small number of men starting work on the South Island Main Trunk railway, according to a statement made this morning by the Minister of Public Works. Hon. R. Semple. Mr. Semple said that about 350 men were now employed, 190 of them at the south end. There would be no further delay, he said. Engineers had accommodation available and the number would be increased week by week until the maximum of 400 at the south end was reached. A maximum of 800 men in all would be employed. Five hundred men were now employed on the Gisborne line but that would be increased to between 1000 and 1200.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 299, 14 September 1936, Page 10
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146NO FURTHER DELAY Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 299, 14 September 1936, Page 10
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