MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 104, 22 October 1908, Page 2

MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

The Opening Ceremony. Arra-\fremen{s have been made for tin? opening ceremony in connection with the North Island Main Trunk K.iilw,;\. I in- Id's! (r;iin will leave Wiiiinc ion on Iho ovenine. oi Monday. November !■ { o in; '; I-h iimay ). On tile foilnwhir; <veninn a commemoration bannm-; wiii he held m Wei Impjon. fo'l'iowbm; vliieh an invitation train will leave -'o.' Mskaioie. The train is timed ;o leidi that township at N p.m. on Wednesday, mid ila'i'e tile last spike oi' the railway will lv driven and .'■• pooches made, which must conclude by ,v;.n a.m.in .allow ihe train 1o reach A lick ian.i ...•'•.. prep, r i ime (hi- same ovenin;.. ".'here wll ihe another brief )•■:;! fi'on; jeurmyinsr. and an early hmcheon a; T.aimnnmui, distant three hom'e' journey. The sneeial (rain from Auckland will leave about llm usual time on Tuesday, and passeneera will spend the ni;rht at r j aumarmuii. There lliey will have to break fast at ave a..m. next day. in order (hat the train may arrive at MakaJote in Sinn- hw tin official ceremony, at eioht a.an 'j'amnanmni is likely to experience, en ihe Wednesday, the most impoiham bay of its history, scej11 r;■ Ihai ihe two special i rains may well brine; ■"■t i vbbiors to try its hospitably. It is- possible that a special train may he nrrans.ed to leave Auckland on the Tuesday niirht, and run ri;;h! shrouo.b h> Wikatoto, corrosponrlin;. lo the special train from Wellington, btii it is snppcried chat, apart from ilie small expanse of the nhrht/s stay at 'l'sumnrmiui tiavillers from the northern end wiii lind it much more convenient lo slan' earlier, and fret a pood niivhi ')• i est. Willi ihe prcs-eni service there are two npeht sioppmp place;-; in each trip, Taihapo a.ne, I'aamarumii. The selection ol' Ohnkime let the new stopping place on the Northern trip is causing much dissaiisfsoiion at. Taihapo. Ohakune's accommodation may not be ]ia.httiah but as soon as the express service bee;ins. diiiicult :es of Ibis sort will disappear. ;\, r no ni.shi stopping place will he re>]uired. 1; is not vol known when the express service between Wehmeton and Auckland will b,- i ommono. .1. The line is not yet. safe foi nuhi ! ravehinp, which Wire hi be neo-ssspv with ihe express service, bat everv day now sees a difference, and if is NininT! thai b\ the olid of JVeember e\c I;, thine should be fairly rieht. The PJaihvav Imparl moid will lake from the i'uidie NS : ..;-i;:- Pepju-tment anoth.er section m" i hi- line, from Tatlmarmmi ;o Kins a distance of M(i miles probably on November Ist, This will have PI miles t ,f line still under the umirel of (he J'ublic Works i.Vparliueut.