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LYTTELTON TUNNEL RAILWAY. Frew Association. (!RRJSTC;nU,I?.CH, May 13. A deputation from local bodies today urged upon the Hon. W. H. Herrics the olcotrifLoatiou, of tbo Lyttelton tunnol. The Minister said tho department was now considering the question, of duplication of tho lino through the tunnel. It would have •x> decide whether duplication or electrification should bo taken in hand first. Tho department could hardly d«> both at tho same time. His officers strongly advised that duplication was absolutely necessary, and this session he proposed to introduce a bill giving powor to borrow a considerable sum of money to carry out railway works at Wellington, Auckland, Lyttelton. Cltristc.hurob, Invercargill, and other places where there was congested traffic.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8732, 14 May 1914, Page 5
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