OTIRA TUNNEL.
THE OFFICIAL PIERCING, Christchurch, Yesterday. A party of about 300 left by special train for Arthur’s Pass this morning to assist in the ceremony of . the meeting of the headings of the Otira Tunnel. The party included Sir James Allen, Sir William Fraser, Hon. G. W. Russell, and twenty members of Parliament. ■ Splendid weather favoured the official ceremony at the opening of the tunnel at the Arthur's Pass railway terminus. Three hundred people from Canterbury and half as many from (ho West Coast, including members of Parliament and representatives of bodies from all parts of the provinces, arrived by trains and cars. The tunnel month at the Canterbury end was decorated with Hags, and a large crowd gathered to witness the firing of the shot which signified that the headings were pierced. This was a polite fiction, as the connection was made some time ago. Speeches were made by Sir James Allen, Sir ‘William Fraser, Hon. G. IV. Russell, Mr IT. Holland (Mayor of Christ church), and Mr Hewlett (Canterbury Chamber of Commerce). Mr Holland said Hie Tunnel League hoped to see the trains running in four years.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1867, 22 August 1918, Page 3
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190OTIRA TUNNEL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1867, 22 August 1918, Page 3
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