GOOD PROGRESS.
SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK. NORTHWARD FROM PARNASSUS. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Entering the second year of activity since its resumption by the present Government,-work on tlie construction of the South Island Main Trunk railway northward from Parnassus has reached a stage at which progress is becoming steadily more pronounced, and within two months the line itself will begin to take shape. It is expected that the spanning of the Leader River with a steel and concrete bridge will be completed about the end of September, and at that time it is intended to commence laying the plates for the first section of the extension. Material for 15 miles of permanent way has arrived at Parnassus, and it is considered likely that in little more than 12 months the line will be opened as far north as Hundalee for the transport of all forms of traffic. The railhead will then be within 22 miles of Kaikoura.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 253, 6 August 1937, Page 6
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159GOOD PROGRESS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 253, 6 August 1937, Page 6
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