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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 31 July 1928, Page 9

.An electric tower wagon for the inspection and repair of overhead cables is to be placed on the electrified section of the New: Zealand Government railways between Christchurch arid Greymouth. This new r vehicle, it is worth recording, will be utilised on a railway line which, runs through the longest tunnel in the .British Empire—the Oti.ra tunnel —situated beneath the famous Arthur’s Bass of the Southern Alps. The tunnel is five> and a quarter miles long, with a single' line gradient of one in 33. Arthur’s Pass shunting yard is 2240 ft above sea level. Lifeboats round British shores were launched on 262 occasions last year, and saved, or helped to save, 23 vessels. Altogether, the crews of the National Lifeboat Institution have saved 61,168 lives since the foundation of the institution 104 years ago. The commonsense remedy <; NAZOL”| goes right to the root of the trouble. | For coughs, coldg and all chest and lung complaints. 60 doses for Is 6d.—3