NEW BRIDGE OPENED
PAREORA RIVER SPANNED (For Press Association.) ASHBURTON, last night. The new ferro concrete bridge over the Pareoia River on the main Christ-cliureh-Dunedin highway was officially opened to traffic yesterday in the presence of a large gathering of the public and representatives of local bodies from Ashburton to Oamaru. The estimated cost of the bridge, which was constructed by the Public Works Department, was £15,000, but the completed cost was £11,40?. Of this amount, the Highways Board is finding £7600. Ia the absence of the Minister for Public Works the bridge was opened by Mr. J. Bitchener, M.P., for Waitaki.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17126, 5 December 1929, Page 14
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