SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAY.
SURVEY STARTS AT ONCE
NORTHWARD OF PARNASSUS.
CHRISTCHURCH, June 8,
An indication that the Prime Minister does not intend much time to bo lost in starting the work o"f completing the South Island main trunk railway is given by the fact that a survey of the line from Parnassus northward is to be put in hand forthwith. Mr A. Stewart, one of the surveying experts of the Public Yorks Department, who lias been engaged recently on a survey of the Wairoa-Gis-borno line, arrived in Christchurch this week and will be in charge of the survey parties which are to operate between Parnassus and ICaikoura. Mr Stewart later left for Kaikoura to get an idea of the country through which the lino is to be constructed. The survey parties are to do permanent line pegging from Parnassus northward, and will start operations with as little delay as possible. It" is understood that Mr Stewart is arranging for parties to consist to a large extent of experienced men who have been with him on similar jobs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 162, 10 June 1929, Page 6
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177SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 162, 10 June 1929, Page 6
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