TRAINS DELAYED
LIMITED, FIVE HOURS DERAILMENT THE CAUSE (0.C.) WAXGAXUI. Friday. £ ma ' n ''- nc derailment at Xgaurukehu. a small station 12 miles north of Taihape. early this morning caused the Limited express bound from Auckland to Wellington to be delayed for more than five hours. Other trains between Marton and V. ellincrton were also held up. . The mishap occurred at 5.25 o clock, when three vac ns attached to a through freight train from Auckland to Wellington left the line. \\;uie the track wa< being c'e«*"ed the I .united was held at 'Hir.itahi. five nv.los r.orth of Xg-uinikohu. The \\ e l l inrrt<Plymouth express did not reach Aram.nho Junction till -J. !;> p.m.. one hour and 1"» minutes late. A eorrespo'iuinc ue*;~v cccurred to the conncctlnc service between Aramoho and Wanganui.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1942, Page 8
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130TRAINS DELAYED Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1942, Page 8
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