OPENING DATE OF THE TURAKINA-OKOIA RAIL DEVIATION DEC. 7
(P.A.) Parliament Bldgs.. Oct. 15. In the House of Representatives tonight the Minisier of Works and Railways (Mr. Semple), replying to Mr. E. B. Gordon (Opp., Rangitikei) M».id that the Tura-k*.na-Okoia railway deviation would be opened on December 7. • In a f url her reply to Mr. Gordon, Mr. Semple ‘aid that the cost of the notorious Fordell and Turakina tunnels and the deviation was £1,056,000. Work on the tunnels was neatly finished. Some of the, expenditure would not have heen necessary i» the tunnels had been constructed according to specifications.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 16 October 1947, Page 4
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