OPENING OF THE AWAMOKO RAILWAY.
This line, after long and vexatious delays, was on Wednesday quietly opened for goods traffic only (for the present). The first train lift Oamam at 11 30 a.ra . refwnitg with c >usideiabie freight ar 6SO p m Tin re is great want of 'additional si on this lino, iu fact it cannot be worked tconofuioaliy without them. At pres-uit, owing to the long distance intervening between such sidings as are already laid down, trucks have io be pushed before the engine a distance of six or seven miles. This ■hould be seen to ut o ce, as it i volves great inconvenience, no to s.e dc of .he waste of -•o«cr, and consequent increased consumption of coals.—* N. O. rimes.’
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Evening Star, Issue 3986, 3 December 1875, Page 2
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125OPENING OF THE AWAMOKO RAILWAY. Evening Star, Issue 3986, 3 December 1875, Page 2
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