BIG PROGRAMME AHEAD
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WELLINGTON, August 23." New Zeulund is sliortly to embark on great extension.s in raiJvvavs eJectrilication whieh in Auckland city would part.lv bc underground, said Hon. K. Sonijile today whou annouricing tliat .Mr. H. G. Lusty, chief engiiieer of the Railvvays Hcpartnieut, had arrived lii AuKtralia on ihe first stage of an important overseas mission to investigate railvvays civil cngineering. ATr. Lusty will also visit Bouth Africa, Britain and Xorth America and will be particularly concernod with investigating types oi track and station lavout most suitable for electrie trains. First-hand know ledge oi 1 ! 1 « ? latest overseas engineering praetice in the field of electrification. would be most valuable. Bouth Africa had the same gauge as ours while other countries mentioned also offered valuable experience whieh would assist in the Hominion 's forthcoming. programme. ' ! f n ,j , . , , , ( ,
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 August 1946, Page 5
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