AXLE BREAKS
MISHAP JO TRAMCAR
The : axle on which the. smaller, wheels of the front bogie are fitted gave way on a city-bound tramcar ■ when -it ~-was on the loop-line in Moleswbrth, Street at the top of Fitzherbert Terrace Nearly this afternoon. Owing to the r mishap occurring when the tram was on the loop-line, it was possible to. use, the other line both for/ cars goingl out of and coming into the .city, and in this way the services to AVadestown and Karori were not disorganised. A break-down gang was' soon' at work. They jacked ujp the front of the disabled tram, and it was not long before they had fitted a new axle and wheels. The car was then able to proceed into town, .'-.■'■ ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 10
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126AXLE BREAKS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 10
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