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SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAY (PJA.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Railway Department is taking over ■ a section of the ■ South Island Main Trunk line from the Public Works -Department and Will commence running express trains from Picton as far south as Clarence on October 19, the Minister of Railways, the Hon. R. Semple, announced today. ; ' ■ 1 ‘ The .extension t.o be taken over amounts to’an extra 20 miles. Adjustments will be made in road’ motor services where the railway takes over the . traffic. This would mean a saving of nearly 100,000 car-miles a year, the Ministey said, and ' would effect a reduction in the use of petrol and tyres, the fuel saved being estimated at approximately 11,000 gallons a year.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20915, 15 October 1942, Page 5
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