CHANNEL TUNNEL PROJECT.
Received January 4, 7.30 a.m. LONDON, January 3. The Times declares that nothing short of universal military service on the Continental model can justify the construction of a Channel tunnel.
Received January 4, 9.55 p.m. LONDON, January 4
Lord Wolseley reiterates the danger of invasion if the tunnel is constructed.
(The marked growth of friendly feeling between Britain and France during the last couple of years has caused a revival of the project for linking the two nations by a railway tunnel beneath the Straits. French engineers have lately reported that the scheme was practicable, at a cost of about £10,000,000; and the British Parliament will probably be again asked to sanction the work).
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8325, 5 January 1907, Page 5
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117CHANNEL TUNNEL PROJECT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8325, 5 January 1907, Page 5
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