RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK
CONSIGNMENT REACHES AUCKLAND.
Several hundred tons of railway rolling stock have recently been landed in Auckland by British manufacturers for the New Zealand Government. This includes locomotives, wheels for wagons, and a variety of parts of railway trucks. The consignment is portion of an order placed by the Government in Britain for 2500 wagons and 45 engines last year. When in Auckland on February 27, the Minister of Railways, referring to tho abnormal shortage of railway rolling stock in the Dominion, said that some of the wagon and locomotive parts ordered from Britain had been completed, but would not reach New Zealand in time for use in this year’s busy season. Apparently, however, a great many trucks and several locomotives have been landed earlier than was anticipated, and ns it is now merely a matter of assembling the parts, possibly some of the wagons and the locomotives will be available for use in time for Iho busy period, which commences in the spring.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 192, 10 May 1921, Page 4
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166RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 192, 10 May 1921, Page 4
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