EAST COAST RAILWAY
LAST PILE OV A BTUDGE DRIVEN. (B.v I'elegranh-Snecial Corresponded.) Napier, June 26. The last pile of the Napier-Bast. Coast railway bridge wis driven to-day in wet, cold weather. A. number ot representutive men were present and speeches were made bv Mr. J. V. Brown. M.P.. Mr. A. ■B*.Tull"fchaivmau of the Napier Harbour Tioard) "Mr T. TO. Crosse '.county cnnirSaml Mr. H. HiU (Mayor ot course of his remarks Miv ■ lull made a. rather unique and decidedly extraordinary suggestion. He referred- to the fact that Canada, was tearing up r.u - way lines to send to the Western fron , and suggested that, as a move towaids national efficiency, pressure 1 " f brought to bear to induce the >ovcinment to lift the Otago Central lines and ansf i en, to this district for the. conduction of Che Mast Cow railr.y. which would greatly increase tho Dominion's productiveness. The suggestion was seriously made and ithe following speaker, the man, referred to the fact thai XUOOO had been spent on tho route I o taU tourists to Queenstown win e the bovenment would not grant ~£IOOO towards essential roids iu ITawkes Bay. The Public Works Engineer wtimaUd that the bridge would be completed in January. ■
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3121, 27 June 1917, Page 6
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203EAST COAST RAILWAY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3121, 27 June 1917, Page 6
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