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Word: otira (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Through the Southern Alps of New Zealand, from Greymouth to Christchurch, sped a sleek private train, bearing H. R. H. the Duke of York who personally drove one of the two powerful electric engines which hauled his train swiftly through the five-mile-long mountain tunnel at Otira. Emerging from the tunnel, climbing down from the cab, H. R. H. very graciously received bouquets from three pairs of twins in dainty frocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Fattest King | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

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