! The Dunedin City Council has decided to place a loan on the market for immediate; requirements, of £162,000 at per cent. j' The Public Works Department lias the light locomotive which had been in use at Katikati in connoc- ■ tion with the constraetion Works to | the Wuihi-Athonrco section of tho lino )(says the VVaihi Telegraph). Its re ! luoval required a team of eight honies : and oven thou no little difficulty -was | experienced! in negotiating some of the steep pinches on the road. The locomotive will bo used irujsorrying material front tho VVaihi end to the ra'il- . head, and later on it will We .succeeded by a larger ballast engine, capable of handling much heavier load;', ft is estimated that 30,000 yards of metal will bo required for the ballasting of , the line between Waihi and Athenree.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16349, 5 February 1924, Page 5
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