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South portal of tunnel, showing bulldozer at work on shelf. The new line will be at right of tunnel, on seaward side.

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Looking south from the job, showing two of the bulldozers at work.

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View from shelf looking over bulldozer at work shows line snaking towards longer tunnel to south of job and workers' camp to right of line. Bulldozer is right over tunnel. Hillside below line has been terraced to take embankment where new line will be laid.

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Doug Herbison, of Wharerata, on whose property work is being done, and who drove "Photo News" cameraman over rugged hills to job, chats with one of the bulldozer drivers.
Contractors for job are Brooks and Tollison Ltd., Napier. They have only three months in which to complete the work.

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Flashlight picture near northern end of tunnel shows shoring timbers put in to strengthen walls.

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Mrs Lissette, wife of one of the workmen, who is living on the job with her five small children. She has eight men to cook for. Camp is 22 miles south of Gisborne.

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Puzzle: Find the train. Near-vertical downward view from 500ft above Beach Loop gives only one small clue that a goods train is passing through. Small white mark half an inch from right-hand side of picture is steam from train about to enter doomed tunnel.