FIFTY YEARS AGO
EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS * | Great satisfaction with the gradual extension of railways to the |puth was felt in Auckland and provincial towns fifty years ago. Much importance was attached to the work and it uSas rightly realised that in the provision of safe and efficient transport to th% country districts lay one of the most productive methods of developing the country's resources. Railway excursions, too, were gaining great popularity. An extract from the issue of the New Zealand Herald of February 24, 1886, reads as follows: — "It will be satisfactory to our readers to learn that the extension of the railway line from Morrinsville to Te Aroha will, be formally opened next Monday. A little ceremony will be made over the matter and the opening trip will be converted into one of the usual railway excursions. The distance is 116 miles. It is intended to organise Saturday afternoon excursions to Te Aroha, the train leaving Auckland at a quarter past one o'clock in the afternoon and returning again on Monday morning about 10 o'clock, in time for ordinary business. "The section from Morrinsville to Oxford on the way to Rotorua will also be opened shortly."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22351, 24 February 1936, Page 6
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197FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22351, 24 February 1936, Page 6
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