NEW RAILWAY LINK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19201, 15 December 1925, Page 10

NEW RAILWAY LINK.

EXTENSION TO PUKEHUIA. BOON TO THE DISTRICT. QUICKER ACCESS TO MARKET. [jjy TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DAEGAVILLE, Monday. Not much work is going on at tho Kirikopuni end of the railway line at present- Most of tbe men have been put off and no more will be engaged till early in the new year when it is reported, a start will be made with the bridge over the Wairoa River for which a quantity of timber and iron work is already on the ground. Iso definite date has oeen given as to when the Kirikopuni-Darga-ville section will be started. The surveys, however, are completed and an announcement is wanted as to the final route of the line. The completion of the line to Pukehnia has been a great boon to up-river settlers and storekeepers. The former are now enabled to truck stock in the morning and land it at Westfield the same day. A large quantity of wool is also going to Auckland this way. Storekeepers state that a considerable saving has been made in cost of freight since the lme opened. A saving in freight ou manures and lime has also been effected. The new outlet from Dargaville to Auckland, via Pukehuia and Waiotira, is now becoming popular among travellers. A bus leaves Dargaville each morning and connects with the train leaving Pukehuia, which connects in turn with the down and up Auckland expresses at Waiotira.