THREE BIG PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICIAL OPENING BY KING. TUNNEL, ROAD AND LIBRARY. British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Feb. 6. The King and Queen will visit Lan- . cashire early in July for the formal opening of three great public enterprises, the 'Mersey tunnel, the new LiverpoolManchester arterial road and the new ; Manchester library. i The Mersey tunnel has cost ove£B,ooo,ooo and unforeseen engineering difficulties have been overcome in its construction. The new arterial road 25 miles long, which has been built at a cost of £3,000,000, represents the first part of a road to run across the Pennines from. Liverpool to Hull. The Manchester reference library contains a four-tier steel book stack to hold 1,250,000 volumes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1934, Page 5
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