The Main Trunk Line.
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER EARLY COMPLETION LIKELY. While the Hon. Hall-Jones, Minister for Railways,was at Matatoke yesterday Mr Anderson, the contractor for the big viaduct there, Informed him that the structure would be ready for the rails to be laid in four weeks from to-day. The Minister says that unless something unforeseen occurs he expects that an engine will be able to travel over the whole line three months before the end of the year, as rapid progress is being made with the Work-
Passengers from Auckland may now proceed by rail as far south as Makatoke, which leaves only 12 miles between the railheads.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43320, 2 May 1908, Page 3
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109The Main Trunk Line. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43320, 2 May 1908, Page 3
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