AKITIO TRAFFIC BRIDGE
'A ' • • • 12 y CQ'rEe "• Por.garoa, .Ttino '27 A Sjjecfitl. gaia diy Oft tHU occasion. 6f, the 'openiiin . ai* (')<(.' now traffic bridge over tlio Akitio River. ■ Tho structure, is an iniiwrlaTit Pflnncrc- ■ ii.tli link !)Bt,\vppi: tbe Dan.iwvirko ilist.riot. ■ fill one side and Ponyaroa artt.l. l'aliiatun oit the; otlicr. It is the -lanrest of- oirJ.it. bridijes yliieli are bw'jiß- liuiiv 1.-y the Akitio Cotn.it}' Council at a cost of over £-1000. .
■Jl.r. iEscotfc.. M.P.. performed; tliP" ■tipemnß cer'enioiiy. Xtra: .Arinstroin;. \vlw cut t.lic riliboii, was pre?(!iiti>rl with a pair of cold scissors, itiven by "tlii' l . contracior. tlio Hon. R. M'Kon};io nierl.y .Minister of ]'-nb!ic Works'!. "S/ Afr. Escoit alluded to tile fmc. pastoral! district in. Akitio and l'te gi-.ea : t fiii'ui-c tvl'.en improved ivcoess wa.R |iro*-ided. lie cptniiiPiided tlio trcczinf, works' aiid tiio: lion F M B Fi=;l)pi'•> vhiif sclie>nc to the favourable, consideration of tins settlors. ; .. . Tlio party was afterwards <>iit<>rtaiiiod at Mr. AmstrO!ii:'s, wher i - se\:'oral. toasts wore lirinourtd. Mr, EscoH was r.rged to (iet bipucr iTrniits and sub's'it'lies for roads sitid. bridßCs. -was -fixprosßPiJ at the abso.ucc of tbo Premier j(M:r. -Massoy).
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19140629.2.67
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2188, 29 June 1914, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
187AKITIO TRAFFIC BRIDGE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2188, 29 June 1914, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in