STRATFORD RAILWAY.
PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION. [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] STRATFORD. Tuesday. Work on the Stratford Main Trunk railway is proceeding apace. Thirteen and a-half chains of the total length of 30 chains. of the first tunnel on the unmade portion of the line has now been pierced, and is being lined as the work proceeds. The discovery of a quantity of shell and rock in the locaJity has helped the work considerably, as it has obviated a great deal of haulage of this material, which is used in the concrete work,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19663, 15 June 1927, Page 10
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91STRATFORD RAILWAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19663, 15 June 1927, Page 10
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