GISBORNE RAILWAY
COMPLETION THIS YEAR [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] GISBOKNE, Friday Railway workers living in camps along the route between Gisborne and Wairoa returned to their jobs this week and began preparations for a year which is expected to see the railway completed as far as Gisborne. From a peak of between 900 and 1000, the number of men has gradually receded until in the past few months it has been stabilised at about 450, attention being concentrated upon the major tasks of completing the Tikiwhata-Waiau tunnel and the bridges in the Kopuawhara and Waiau Valleys. Normally there is a fairly large turnover in labour following the Christmas and New Year break, as many men find new jobs or depart in search of more congenial conditions. This year the number of defections of this type is comparatively small.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23861, 11 January 1941, Page 8
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