Mr. Wilfred Collett, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Collett, Gisborne, is expected to return to his home on furlough early in October. He has been for three and a half years with the Royal Air Force, and recently lias oeen performing interesting duties in the Near East. An indication of how the NapicrGisborne railway will be of benefit to the farmers is manifest to a certain extent by the fact that during July and August, 418 tons of fertilisers were railed from the chemical works al Aramoho, Wanganui, to stations north of Port Ahuriri on the new line, which was recently opened for freight traffic.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19423, 7 September 1937, Page 6
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