SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA.
TUNNEL SCHEME REVIVED.
ADVANTAGES CLAIMED.
THROUGH TRAINS FROM CALAIS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 8.5 p.m.) Sun. PARIS. Aug. 24. Engineering circles are interested in the revival by the Spanish Government of a project to construct a railway tunnel from Spain to North Africa beneath the Straits of Gibraltar. The distance would. be 16 miles. The Spaniards claim that the proposed tunnel would serve the interests of Britain, France and . Spain by permitting through trains to run from Calais to Capetown when the S°uth African and North African lines have been connected.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 9
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