RIWAKA BRIDGE
- D " ' -i Vi,': : ,- '**>,?.' ’ . AJ-. ...........OPENED BY PREMIER. (By, Telegraphrr-Per Press Association.) J. /'v ■.' ; ' NE&ON/,May : ,'%L;V Tiicre wore scenes of great enthusiasm when the Prime Minister opened the new Mntueka-Riwaka bridge this afternoon. Mr J. Cordcr, chairman of the Waimca County Council, presided, and the Mayor of Motuoka, Mr S. P. Clark, Hon Air At-more and Mr Black M.P., also spoke.
iSir. : Jcseplu Ward .cpngratulsitpd.JLlie ■district on tlic completion of 011c' of the largest bridges of its type in New Zealand. ']t> was,he said,-1075 feet in length. It was an indispchsible link between Nelson and all tin* country nomth-west. Further, it opened the way to what con'd lie great, tourist i resorts,; which could he 'inode of great ■national importance to New Zealand :in time io come, .with further mont. Not even the meat and dairy industries would bring into New Zealand as much as tourists would leave behind them, and this was money that would spread among all the people.
Hearty cheers were accorded Sir Joseph Ward at the conclusion of the function.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1929, Page 6
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175RIWAKA BRIDGE Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1929, Page 6
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