OTIRA TUNNEL
REGULAR TRAFFIC IN APRIL. (Per United Press Association). ~ CHRISTCHURCH, February 2. The Hon. J. G. Coates, after visiting Otira Tunnel, announces that the tunnel will be ready for urgent goods traffic in March, and regular traffic some time in April, but that the work will not be completed in time for Easter traffic. The tunnel and equipment when completed will have cost £1,300,000, and the longer it is delayed the greater the capital cost would become.
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Southland Times, Issue 19757, 3 February 1923, Page 5
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78OTIRA TUNNEL Southland Times, Issue 19757, 3 February 1923, Page 5
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