REPAIRING RAILWAY
Progress At Waikokopu Dominion Special Service. GISBORNE, September 29. The railway service which was interrupted by n landslide at Waikokopu, south of Gisborne, a fortnight ago, should be resumed before the end of this week. Great difficulty was experieued in the repair work because a large area of the cliff had fallen away and 300 feet of rails was left swinging in the air, while a stream of water from the excavation also hindered operations. There will be heavy traffic on the line from the end of the week to the end of next week in ealering for visitors to the Maori Victoria Cross ceremony at Ruatoria, and repair work was pushed ahead with all haste. The GovernorGeneral, Sir Cyril Newall, will arrive on Saturday night and stay at Gisborne over the weekend. The Victoria Cross awarded posthumously to Second-Lieutenant M. K. Ngarimu will be presented to his parents. Special trains carrying visitors are expected bn Sunday and Wednesday of next week.
During the past 10 days train passengers have been transferred by a six-tnile road detour constructed since the interruption of the railway service.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 5, 1 October 1943, Page 3
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187REPAIRING RAILWAY Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 5, 1 October 1943, Page 3
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