RAILWAY EXTENSION.
rPBBBB ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] INVERCARGILL, March 3.
The Government Hoe of railway to Wairio, with the further extension belonging to the Nightcaps Coal Company, was formally opened to-day by the running of a special train from Invercargill. The Coal Company took advantage of the occasion to celebrate the completion of their means of putting coal in the market by inviting the Mayor and Council and members of other public bodies to visit the coal fields and partake of luncheon there, A large party took advantage of the opportunity of visiting the mines and locality, which have hitherto been almost shut out from visitation, owing to want of road facilities. The company is now in a position to put out coal in a regular and increasing quantity. The line opened to day consists of ten and a quarter miles of public and two and a quarter miles of private railway.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2468, 4 March 1882, Page 3
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150RAILWAY EXTENSION. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2468, 4 March 1882, Page 3
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