The Picton Press understands that the survey and other details relating to the proposed tunnel to connect Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds at Onahau Saddle are about completed, and the information as to the estimated cost, etc., will shortly be available) for publication. As the tunnel would be of great importance to the trade of Picton, it is hoped, tbat it will receive serious consideration from the Government. It will not he a small contract by any means, but much larger ones have been undertaken elsewhere, and a miniature . Panama Canal m the, . Sounds-would give a great fillip to trade, besides increasing the tourist traffic to a considerable extent.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19060124.2.35
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10571, 24 January 1906, Page 3
Word Count
109Untitled Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10571, 24 January 1906, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.