Progress at Homer Tunnel
“Work i.s proceeding at the Homer Tunnel with one shift a day,” said the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, in reply to a question in Dunedin. “The .progress is aa. rurally -slow, but it ig important for the tunnel is being kept free from the flooding which would otherwise occur, and would cause delay in the resumption 6f the work if it were once ceased.” Once the tunnel was pierced—and he expected thfe-t this would be about the first month of the new year —the subsequent work would be much easier, for the tunnel was on a down grade and the natural drainage would obviate the pumping difficulties. The spoil would then also be dumped downhill and progress would be much more rapid.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 29 July 1939, Page 10
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