SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK
DEPARTMENTAL INSPECTION I Per Tress Association. ] BLENHEIM, May 25. The departmental officials, who have been inspecting the route of the South Island Main Trunk Railway during the week-end, completed their investigations and left this morning via the trans-island highway for Westport. The party not only examined the countrv the line will traverse but interviewed the settlers to ascertain the probable business derivable from the carriage of goods and livestock when the railway is opened. Members of the party refused to comment, stating that they were rendering a report to the Minister. The purpose of the visit to the West Coast is to inspect the unfinished section of the line.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 7
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113SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 7
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