MAIN TRUNK LINE.
THE OPENING CEREMONIES. Final arrangements for the opening cera monies in connection with tho Main Trunk Line were made on Saturday as follow:— A dinner, given by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, at which the Primo Minister and Ministers will be guests, will commence at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3. Tho celebrants will then catch a. special "through" train leaving for Ma.katote at 10 p.m. At Makatote, on the following day, tha ceremony of driving the last spike will bo performed.
The party will then go on by the special train to Auckland, where thero will probably be a further function. Members of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, northern members of Parliament, and others will be asked to come soutli to meet the Wellington party at Makatote.'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 331, 19 October 1908, Page 6
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131MAIN TRUNK LINE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 331, 19 October 1908, Page 6
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