THE ARTHUR'S PASS TUNNEL.
[From Otjr Correspondent.] GREYMOUTH, August 6. The contractors are pushing the work of laving tho pipt:3 ior Holt's Creek rapidly ahead. The pipes to hand are made of silver pine, bound with wire, and with a coating of tar on the outside. They are expected to Itst longer than iron piping in the ground. Good headway is being made in the •tunnel. Tho machines are doing good work, although the face is very wet for the men to work in. oilers having to be worn. The changing house ;e nearly ready, and is well supplied with baths for the men. It will prove a boon to men coming off shift, wet through.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9308, 7 August 1908, Page 4
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