THE OTIRA TUNNEL.
IMMEDIATE COMPLETION DEMANDED. Chfristchurcli, March 4. At a meeting of the Arthur’s Pass Tunnel League exception was taken to the delay in pushing the tunnel to completion, and the following resolutions were passed: — 1 ,;(1) :That this meeting-demands the 1 immediate completion of the Otira tunnel,-and to this end urges Cabinet to offer-adequate-wages to workmen at the tunnel. (2) That l as the matter is of such tremendous importance to both the .cast and wesrieoast of this island, the league asks for information as the the electrification of the tunnel; has a definite scheme been decided on? If not, how soon will one be decided upon, and how soon after a decision is come to will the order be placed for the plant?
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Otaki Mail, 5 March 1919, Page 3
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126THE OTIRA TUNNEL. Otaki Mail, 5 March 1919, Page 3
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