RAILWAY TUNNEL AT PARNELL.
SUGGESTED DUPLICATION. [BY TELEGBAEH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. A snb-committee of business men appointed to report on the quest-ion of tho duplication of the railway tunnel at Parneli reported that duplication is desirable and necessary in the interests of commerce and public safety and the ultimate business advantage of the railway itself. The committee received the report to-day, but deferred consideration* of it for a week. The report was prepared in terms of a resolution carried at a public meeting in October, 1905, and presided over by Sir Joseph "Ward, then Minister for Railways, setting out that "if ten representative men go over the Penrose section after its completion, and declare the duplication of the tunnel necessary, the Minister shall be bound to carry out tha duplication."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 8
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132RAILWAY TUNNEL AT PARNELL. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 8
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