OTIRA TUNNEL
EI .EC TRIFIC ATI ON M ATERI A L PLACED IN LONDON. HUGE RAILWAY MATERIAL ORDERED. BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYU*GHT. UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. LONDON, March 31. H„n Allen, Agent General, has placed a contract for the electrification of the Otira Tunnel, involving a quarter of a million.
Shipments to New Zealand Government order of twelve thousand tons of rails will begin in April. Wheels and axles are already shipped to New Zealand. The first locomotives will bo sent in June, therealter tour weekly until 45 have been despatched. There are ‘2,500 waggons to follow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1921, Page 3
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97OTIRA TUNNEL Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1921, Page 3
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