WORK AT OTIRA TUNNEL.
■» - . It is understood that the work at the Arthur's Pap tunnel, Otira end, is progressing satisfactorily. Electric locomotives are now running al Olmi. and are working very well. i mining thi'ee-cuuu--ters of a. mile- , into Hie tunnel, lapidly eacrying away Wm excavated material. The extreme fae-e of the woik lp now 1£ miles fiom the Otira porta) at that end. Work at the Bealey end of the tunnel is going along fairly well. The ground theie, although not ao.wct as at Otira, requires a great deal of "timbering. Work could be lound for fully sixty more men on the tunnel ctmK&t£ could-
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 135, 5 December 1910, Page 8
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106WORK AT OTIRA TUNNEL. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 135, 5 December 1910, Page 8
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