ARTHURS PASS TUNNEL.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. [BY. TELEGRAPH.I'BESS ASSOCIATION.] Grexmodth, Tuesday. McLean an'd Sons, contractors for the Midland railway tunnel, put on a. gang of men to-day for the first time, to clear away the debris from the site of the tunnel's mouth. The operation, though equivalent in a sense to turning the first sod, did not involve any ceremony. Although a good deal of preparatory work has been performed, there is necessarily a great deal still to be done, especially in connection with the supply of hydraulic power. The huts for the workmen are practically finished and ready for occupation. A few visitors who happened to be passing the tunnel entrance to-day can boast of having seen the actual commencement at the western mouth of the Midland railway tunnel, a work destined to greatly figure in the future history of New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13647, 15 January 1908, Page 7
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160ARTHURS PASS TUNNEL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13647, 15 January 1908, Page 7
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