THE CATLINS RAILWAY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14701, 8 December 1909, Page 7

THE CATLINS RAILWAY.

Tlie following ie]>oi't, dated November 30. from Table Hill, llouipapa, was ie••vivwl bv the secretary of ilia CatJinsTahakopa Uailwa.v League 100 late lor premutation to (ho lart meeting:—" I visited U lO railwav works yesteiday, and found that tho crusher had boon, sliiitcd up the lino to the site prepared lot it at tho quarry just abovo tho llouipapa .Station. The machinery is k'ing lilted up, am 1 crushing should bo resumed in a lowdays. A gang has made a start laying the rails, and tho men arc going at top speed, aji<l in a. vcrv short time shou.tl reach the 26-mile peg" at Fanning',;. Iho lnvclling-up of the line i* ahcady coin'pletod past that point. At the slip at 26/44 the lino is being shifted a few feet nearer tho hill on to the r-olid ground. A small filling will still Ix; ueccssarv, but this work will not lake more than a few weeks to complete. At tho tilling ove. the big stono eulvort at 27/6 double shifts are still being worked raising tho bank a, few feet Tho cutting at De.war's hut

is ako Hearing completion. This applies to all the cuttings and fillings from l'apatupu Station downwards. The earthwork at Papalupu still continues. Quito a suecesoien of cuttings are being worked all the way from Papalupu up the line, the furlliest up being at ilie 29/68 pog. The gap in tho filling over " i'ho Blunder" still remains wide and very deep. Tho work of putting culverts in still keeps well in advance of the excavators. Tho loop lines <m tlio train are now completed, and tho earthwork for tho train lias been startwl again The. number of men on the lino is about 330. Bub- ' felling is completed up lo the beginning of tho station site at 61/8. 'fable Hill." It your baby is teething during (.lie Summer months you must guard against dysentery and bowel complaints Keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea llotnedy in tho house, and at tho iirst unusual looseness of tho bowols givo it a dose, Sold everywhere.