The very heavy rain on Sunday caused a land slide on the Pohokura end of the Toko branch railway, and passengers by the early morning train from Whangarnomona describe the trip as anything but pleasant (states the ‘Herald’). The usual mode of conveyance is by tram from Whangarnomona to the waiting train at the railhead at Pohokura, but the slio being some miles on the Stratford side, the passengers were taken in the tram to the slip and there had k> disembark and surmount the obstruction as best thev could. The mud was inches deep and the task by no means enjoyable. Workmen were busily engaged clearing the earth, so that traffic would he only temporarily interfered with. iTT nnrDcl.Q T?,OSTTnchrlll kn hifl U IICle! WUUr,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 62, 6 November 1912, Page 6
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126Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 62, 6 November 1912, Page 6
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