FUNICULAR RAILWAY UP MT. RUAPEHU
AUCKLAND, Dec. 10. A funicular railway to carry skiers and tourists high up the mountain, would eventually be installed on the slopes of Ruapehu above the Chateau, aaid the general manager of the Tourist Department, Mr. L. J. Schmitt, in an interview. He w&uld niake no promises of the date of the reopening of the Chateau but said the Government hoped it would be next year. Such important eonstnVction works as housiug had higher prioritv than the restoratioii of the Chateau and until essential programmes had all the labour, and ceinent they required, the renovation work would have to take se.cond place.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1946, Page 2
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