CHANNEL TUNNEL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18046, 13 March 1919, Page 5

CHANNEL TUNNEL.

BIG SCHEME PROPOSED. TO LINK EUROPE, ASIA AND CHINA. By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.' LONDON, March 11. The Channel scheme under consider®* tion provides for two tubes, each thirty] miles long, and costing £20,000,000, The construction will occupy live years,, A Commission at Paris is also considering the construction of tunnels, at Constantinople and Gibraltar, giving! direct rail communication from Europe to Asia and Africa. The Commissioi® ha 3 already agreed on the advisability of the schemes.