NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.
■• ; [BY telegraph.—own correspondent.] ■.• , Wellington, Monday. .; The Engineer-in-Chief for the colony (Mr. R. W. Holmes) expresses himself satisfied with the progress being made: with ■- the North Island l Main Trunk railway. He says that at the present rate the works should be completed well before the end of next year. i: Asked by a Post reporter to say whether it . was intended to * push .. on the work by employing more men, Mr. Holmes said that every section was - now fully' manned. ;: "i At the end of: every month; a number of men leave the works to seek other employment, and it is in order to provide for what the Department calls the " wastage" that the Labour Department is now on the look-out for a certain number of experienced navvies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13487, 14 May 1907, Page 5
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