Closing the Gap in the Bay of Plenty Line.

The Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth Co., Ltd., contractors for the railway construction work in progress in the Bay of Plenty, announce that the section of line (fifteen miles in length) from Tahawai to Te Puna, has been completed. The Public Works Department assumes control of the new section forthwith.

The completion of this length of line gives through rail communication between Waihi and Taneatua, thus adding a further 85 miles of permanent way to the Auckland Railway District and placing Auckland and Taneatua in direct rail contact. The speedier transport of produce to Auckland which the new railway provides in this fertile part of the Bay of Plenty gives the farming community special cause for gratification.

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