CONCERNING BRIDGES.
* A MANAKAU STORY. A Wellington paper states that it was informed by a Manakau visitor on Friday that the “Manakau bridge, on the main road about 52 miles out of Wellington, had broken down the previous evening, and it looked as if the finishing touch had been put to it by a heavy lorry.”
On referring this to the Horowliemia County Engineer, the “Mail” was informed that the above probably referred to the Waitohu bridge, which is being dismantled prior to a new structure being built. Apparently the Manakau resident is a little hazy about local aiffairs, otherwise he would be aware that the Waitohu bridge was badly damaged by a motor ear about two months ago, and since then has been closed to traffic, vehicles making use of the ford alongside, Meantime. the structure is being pulled down to give place to a new one. No doubt the Manakau resident passing south by train the other day noticed an unusual appearance about the bridge, and putting two and two together and making five, came to the conclusion it had collapsed the night before. The incident affords the reading public an opportunity of judging how scares are created, and that the Dress is not always to blame.
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Otaki Mail, 15 November 1922, Page 2
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