THE MAIN TRUNK LINE.
OBSTRUCTION REMOVED. For. ; tho first'lime sßoe'Thuredn.v, the' Main;. Trunk;; express;? train] fromiAuekland 'a rrive'd ■' ■irf'-AVell ingfbn';;'on •'afternoon'.', ;It"; accomplished' the journey. .Without interruption,.'. the obstruction. ;n£ari>HqropitoS having pjeen'jremoved ?;by the .previous evening. . When the trainleft ' Auckland,' its pasfe.iigers were informe-:! ..that the line was dear... and. that' i: uiilessva;:.fresh;';slip o:'occurred:,;ihcy:;-is-ould-iiot. suffer a .repetition, of. tho! weary ex-, previous -.few..day's-.;'.'Most of.. tlit'Tti were pn>parcdi?fbr'vtiiseosnforts,; )beeiiAWon ; Rrquridedswhcn,;:^in"....tho; : cariy;' the : ; ;col d riibrni hgif;. V th'-o" :;;,traiii: ccameVtci •• later started: .slowly through >the cutting without, mishap.. Snow . had • fallen. heavily. ;from ;show«l. a .landscape l far. south as' Huntcrville' snow iwhsyying; several inehca -deep; . ; oy<?r.;the ; 'w:holo:'Couii-; tryside, and nll.-tho highlands in' the Wai- : ravapa were snow-clad..
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 6
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117THE MAIN TRUNK LINE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 6
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