SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK
WORK FOR >OO MEN [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 12. Only the- delay in providing accommodation, chiefly because of the difficulty of securing timber from the West Coast, has been responsible for the relatively small number of men starting work on the South Island Main Trunk Railway, according to a statement made this morning by the Hon. 11. Semple. Mr Semple said that about 350 men were now employed, 190 of them being at the south end. There would be no further delay, he said. The engineers had the accommodation available, and the numbers would be increased week by week until the maximum of 400 at the south end was reached. A maximum of 800 men in all would be employed. Five hundred men were now employed on the Gisborne line, but that total would be increased to between 1,000 and 1,200.
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Evening Star, Issue 22442, 12 September 1936, Page 9
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147SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK Evening Star, Issue 22442, 12 September 1936, Page 9
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