EAST COAST RAILWAY.
WAIHI TO ANTHENREE, j SIX MONTHS TO CONNECT. GOOD PROGRESS WITH WORK fBT TELEGRAPH.— COaRBSTOWDBNT.I • WAIHI. Monday. Good headway is being made with the construction of the Waihi to Athenree section of the East Coast Main Trunk railway line, a stretch of about eight miles. The permanent way has. been laid for a distance of two miles from the Waihi end, and as soon as the girders have been placed in position on the bridge over the Waimata Stream, the plate-laying gang will be able to push on to the gorge about a mile this side of Athenree. Subject to present progress being maintained, the railhead is expected to reach Athenree by July, and ballasting is likely to occupy a further two months, which means that Waihi and Athenree should be connected by the end of September.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18685, 15 April 1924, Page 8
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140EAST COAST RAILWAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18685, 15 April 1924, Page 8
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