MILFORD ROAD
Difficult Engineering Task Undertaken. Press Association—-jopyrrglit. Dunedin, This Day. Digging through the Homer Saddle to form a tunnel to link with the new road to Milford is a tremendous task, but very satisfactory shooting hat been done in the tunnel by the Public Works Department. So far about 350 ft of the complete length of over 5000 ft has been completed, and stronger machinery has been ordered for the speedy removal of the excavated material. The work was somewhat hampered In January, which was a particularly wet month, 27ins of rain falling in 25 dayt l and interfering with operations outside the tunnel.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 354, 8 February 1937, Page 5
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105MILFORD ROAD Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 354, 8 February 1937, Page 5
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