DARGAVILLE RAILWAY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1927, Page 5

DARGAVILLE RAILWAY.

. ANOTHER SECTION OPENED. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) DARGAVILLE, This Day. The official opening of another section of the Waiotira-Pukehuia-Kiriko-puni-Dargaville railway took place on Saturday. Although the weather was atrocious, a large number of settlers attended to take part in the ceremony, which meant so much to thenyas it saw the completion,of another section of the railway which-.will bring the town and district in closer touch with Auckland and the Main Trunk line by railway communication. The section opened on Saturday is between Pukehuia and Kirikopuni, crossing the Northern Wairoa river by a fine concrete pier-and-pile bridge. The completion of the section leaves only thirteen miles.of railway to 'tlo between Kirikopuni and Dargaville, and, as there are no great engineering difficulties and the country; is easy, it should not be more than three years before the whole line is completed. The new terminus of the railway brings Dargaville within seven hours of Auckland City and will have the most important bearing on the future prospects of the district.

The opening ceremony was performed by the Hon. Carey J. Carrington, M.L.C., in the absence of the Prime Minister (Et. Hon. J. G. Coates), and the Minister of Public Works (Hon. K. S. Williams), who forwarded messages of apology. The proceedings were most enthusiastic. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the guests, numbering several hundreds, were entertained at afternoon tea by the settlers in the immediate vicinity of the railway.