OPOTIKI-TANEATUA LINE

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 233, 13 September 1939, Page 2

OPOTIKI-TANEATUA LINE

EAST COAST MAIN TRUNK EXTENSION TO OBOTLKt CONSTRUCTION TO COAfMENQB ONI.V ON SMALL SCALE lit presenting the Public 'Works Statement to the House of llepreselltaties, the lion. LI. Semple, Minister of Buhlie Works, in referring to the Tancatua-Opii.tiki si'ction of the Blast Coast Main Trunk Railway,, said:— it iiatl been intended tot connijeneo construction on the extension of this railway from Taneatua to Opotiki liming the year, but plant apt! material from other railways were not available, and construction was postponed. Survey work has been carried on with a small party, and it is intended that construction, should commence this year. Owing, to the lack’.of .sufficient plant and service material construction operations will only he on a .small scale lor some time, but the work will be expedited as construction plant fiom completed railways becomes aval la ble.

NEW AIR SDR VICE A UCK LA N D-G ISBUIIN hi In 1 dealing with aviation, the .Minister of Buhlie Works states:— Internal Air Transport has continued to expand and consolidate its position. The only new service ccnimencing during the .war was Bnion Airways’ extension from Auckland to Gisborne via Taiiranga and Opotiki, but the rearrangement of the Auck-|and-l)uiiedin main trunk service with a, through calling point at Wellington, has "materially assisted to Imild up traffic. This steady growth of traffic and the increased importance cf air transport is shown in a table. A feature of air service operations has been the regularity and safety that has been achieved by the operating companies, and this shows that: tlie aerodromes andl air route facilities are being developed along sound lines.