THE SIMPLON TUNNEL.
Received May 22, 8.15 a.m. ROME, May 21. i The King of Italy, and M. Farrer, | President of Switzerland, performed the oereroouy in connection with | the formal opening of the Simplon ' tunnel. (Work at the Simclon tunnel, which is about 12% miles in length, i the longest in the world, was commenced in the autumn of 1893, and the actual pieroing was oom- ! pleted on February 24th, v 1905. | The lioe\ ia now open for general | traffic. The contract price for the I work was £2,350,000).
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8145, 23 May 1906, Page 5
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