THE MAIN TRUNK LINE.
OPENING CELEBRATION. [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, . November 3. r About 100 passengers will go to Auck-.i land for the opening celebration of the ! Northern Trunk Railway, including the ! Prime Minister and the Hon. W. Hall- j Jones. The banquet on Thursday has J been altered to luncheon in the middle of i the day. The train loaves Wellington at : ten o’clock on Thursday night, and there ! will be a stay of half an hour near Maka- > tote, when the last spike will be driven. ; A special will also leave . Auckland on ‘ Thursday night, arriving at Makatote j simultaneously with the train from Well- i ington. The combined patty proceed to i Auckland immediately after the last spike ; has been driven. I
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Evening Star, Issue 13098, 3 November 1908, Page 7
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126THE MAIN TRUNK LINE. Evening Star, Issue 13098, 3 November 1908, Page 7
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