NAPIER LINE OPEN
TEMPORARY REPAIRS
Eailway communication "through to Napier has been re-established. Temporary repairs have been made to the" line, and it was possible this morning to dispatch the mail train for Wellington from Napier with over 150 refugees aboard "for Auckland : and Palmerston, North. ' ■ . . ■ i
■the re-establishment of railway communication with Napier will help cocasiderably in speeding1' up the evacuation of the town. Among the ref ug&es which left by tho mail train were _ a number of cot cases, some of which were considered :to be serious. The train is only proceeding at slow spesed, losing time all the way 4 and it is thought that it probably will be two hours or more' late in arriving at Wellington. It is not expected to reach here, at least, until 6 o'clock. The Eskdalc line north of Napieir is not yet open, and it is considered that it probably will be some time before it is available for traffic.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1931, Page 10
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160NAPIER LINE OPEN Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1931, Page 10
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