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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 5 (August 2, 1937)

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What the official opening of the Mohaka Viaduct and the through railway line from Napier to Gis-borne meant to the people in a huge district could not fail to impress itself upon those visitors who attended the ceremony on 1st July, 1937. Isolation has been the blight of a very fine agricultural and pastoral expanse of New Zealand, and the carriage of tock, fertilisers, and farm implements has cost a good deal of money. Now, with concessions on through freights, settlers will have an easier time, and will be nearer the centres. The section of line opened on 1st July, is a direct link with the outside world, and was welcomed by the people concerned with the greatest enthusiasm.