THE OTIRA TUNNEL.
I'er Press Association.
v WKtJbtKGTOK. Sept- 23Mr Murdoch McLean, of John McLean and Son*, eontraetots for the Arthur» l»Bc» tunnel, has just t< turned ft An Uie work?. Kverything is going on ?»<•*/»';- torilr at tin* Otira end of the work. Y\ oik .i { the other end is not y*l begun. Th» tunuel'W now ten chains in the rock, and! good hard material is met with. Lite rain has been terrific for days past, but* has iu no way interft-M with the work. Tlktc is no trouble- of any-sort'.'-with the men employed, and they, number about 100, tli.- relations between "them and th--> firm, being of a most cordial chmact-r. J*y the- beginning of th<> N'ew- Year all the pkujt will be' rvady lor working U.i« tunnel ut both end*.'- At present the Bealey portion of the work is awaiting the completion of the bridge, which 'wall practically inter the tunnel direct.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13707, 23 September 1908, Page 3
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154THE OTIRA TUNNEL. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13707, 23 September 1908, Page 3
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