One local who took particular interest in the progress of construction was Francis Trask, Mayor of Nelson from December 1890 until 1900.
Whitehead featured along with Sonja Davies in protests over the closure of the Nelson railway line, which Davies wrote about in her book Bread and Roses, and also in the television series of same name.
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