OTIRA TUNNEL.
CEREMONY AT ARTHUR'S PASS. <***•»*' PriPfw Association! CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A party of about three hundred left by special train for Arthur's 'Pass this morning to assist at the ceremony of , the meeting of the headings of the Otira Tulnnel. The party included Sir James Allen, Sir W. Fraser, the Hon. Mr. Russell, and twenty members of Parliament. v* ARTHUR'S PASS, this day. Splendid weather favored the official ceremony of opening the,' Otira Tunnel ' to-day. at the Arthur's Pass railway terminus; Three hundred Gailterbnry and half as many West Coast people, including members of public bodies in all parts of the province, arrived by trains and ..cars. - The • tunnel - mouth at the Canterbury end was bellagged., A large crowd gathered to- witness the firing of a shot, which signified that the headings! were pierced. . ./This was a polite fiction, as- connection was made- some > time ago. Speeches were made by , Sir James Allen ; Sir W. Fraser, the 'Hon. Mr. Russell. Mr. Holland. (Mayor -of Christchurch), and 'Mr. Howlett (Canterbury Chamber of- Commerce). Mr. Holland said that tlie Tunnel -League hoped .to see traius' running in four years.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14688, 21 August 1918, Page 3
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188OTIRA TUNNEL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14688, 21 August 1918, Page 3
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