ELECTRIC TRAINS
THROUGH LYTTELTON TUNNE.I
THE OPENING CEREMONY
(Per Association J
Christchurch, Feb. 14
The first electric trains to carry passengers through the ChristchurchLyttelton tunnel were run to-day, when the opening ceremony of the new electric service was held. The official act of opening was performed by AJrs. Taverner. After a short; .speech by the -Minister of Railways, Mr Taverner, r. large official party, numbering 900, and about 250 of the general public, went- by special trains to Lyttelton, where the .Railway Department entertained the invited guests at afternoon tea.
There were many speeches, including those of Mr Taverner, Sir Joseph Ward, and Mr Coates. Sir Joseph Ward hinted at the possibility of considerable development of the electrification of railways, but made it clear this would not come in tlhe near/future.
Mr 'Coate,s was given a remarkable ovation.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2136, 15 February 1929, Page 5
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