N.Z. RAILWAYS.
NGARUAWAHIA BRIDGE. ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL INDUSTRY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. In a statement to the press to-day, Hon. W. E. Taverner gave some interesting particulars regarding the programme of the. Railway Department. The policy of giving New Zealand industries as much support as possible is exemplified in the recent acceptance of tenders for Ngaruawahia and Whenuakura bridges. Steel plates and shapes of a total weight of 500 tons will be imported from Great Britain, but the whole of the fabrication steel work will be done in the Dominion. The successful tenderers are Mr. Rope, for Ngaruawahia, and Messrs. Bird and Cadling Bros, for Whenuakura, In addition to the encouragement of local industry these bridges mark the beginning of an extensive programme of re-construction of . old timber bridges in steel and concrete to take the heavy type of engine now employed. The Whenuakura bridge is on the Marton-New Plymouth section, between Rangikura and Patea. Ngaruawahia crosses the Waikato River.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17803, 30 August 1929, Page 7
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