Welliegton - Nanawata Railway.
■ It ia, expected that the Manawata Riilwa^.will b© ready for throaghitrafr foe early m September. Great efforts %re now bein^ mada^to> complete tb^ report that they - areaa a T«ry advanced, atat.. Th, hni to Paikakiriki, n .»rly 40niilt» l frociW.llinctoD, Wdl^iwtitj inspection by M^Blackettbefora bfrni ' opetieifor public traffic. Tbe pbinVanJ areaatiifitd that 4b«yoaa ran tisij^& > from 25 miles to 30 miles fM b^t#U% safety, and withoiit undue #f|f tear, ; and ; it i^imderitotodrthat 4bWuk treating with tlte" doTernmerit' with I ; View to ma^afran^metils^or through train to New Plymouth, which shall tr^njthejdist§i^c6 in^pue, day^^Mk mileage 'would be m round numbers 25tF milci. If the first 80 miletWuld bl cbmpassed m three or three' and a half hours bn' the Corap'any>s- IYn«V the r*l mainine 170 might iv a fast train, be ran m 81 hoars, making the througVitrip Within 12 Hours; From WellinTgicn to then reqnireimttoh^mojw^nanj^jft. uonrs^if the WelliijgtOn train yem^tim|Bd tck meet the inai'l |^at .-at the Jbreakwater. All who have travelled over thf liana* watu line kgree inydfscribiof thtir second class accomn)titUonjas i,fully equal to the^lfint'clisS on'^the^&airenira'snt lines.— Hawera Star.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1738, 19 June 1886, Page 2
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183Welliegton – Nanawata Railway. Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1738, 19 June 1886, Page 2
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