ON STEATFORD LINE
COMPLETE BLOCKAGE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 22. Serious damage to the railway and roads in the Matiere and Pohukura districts occurred on Tuesday night. Slips at both ends of the Matiere railway tunnel completely block the line, and it will be at least some days before trains will get through, and probably three weeks before the line is completely cleared.
A train that left Stratford this morning was held at, Ohura, and later trains in temporary service on the new line -were cancelled.
The. flooding is very severe in the Matiere district, and some losses of cattle and sheep • have been reported. Damage has been caused to the line in a number of places,\ and practically all the roads have suffered by slips.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1933, Page 12
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128ON STEATFORD LINE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1933, Page 12
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