TUNNELLING THE SOUTHERN ALPS BETWEEN WESTLAND AND CANTERBURY.-

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 19, 12 May 1909, Page 20

TUNNELLING THE SOUTHERN ALPS BETWEEN WESTLAND AND CANTERBURY.-

progress is being made with the work on the Otira Tunnel, tinder the Southern Alps, through which the Midland railway connecting the West and Kast t oasts Of the South Island will run. The work will, it is expected, be finished about 1913. The photograph shows a shift of men coming off work at No. 13 tunnel, at Sloven’s Creek.

His Excellency the Governor. Lord Plunket. inspecting the Volunteers and Cadets who paraded on the occasion of the unveiling ceremony last Friday

PROMINENT NEW PLYMOUTH RESIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE ERECTION OF THE MARSLAND HILL MEMORIAL.

E. Denton. photo. RONGOTEA. A FLOURISHING TOWNSHIP IX THE MANAWATU COUNTY, TWELVE MILES WEST OF PALMERSTON NORTH AND FEILDING. Ronootea claims the distinction <.f being the only town in the North Island within a licensed area without a publiehouse. It possesses seven churches. The town centres on to a square like Palmerston North and Feilding, and is the centre of a very rich dairying district.