FOGS DELAY TRAINS
landscape blotted out smoke from swamp fires Heavy fogs and the smoke from ,wan?p fires delayed the Limited this “shTdki nu‘ reach Auckland until 10 • During this time of year de--0 will be inevitable because of the autumn fogs, which blot out the landSC A Pe railwav oflicial explained this morning that hot-boxes are not always ™° nu<c of the Limited running late. '“I flres are burning in several ‘is throughout the lower Waikato *B d the smoke from these combined “fh heavy fogs, upsets the railway rime-table. . Shunting operations at the various Jr inns are hindered and consequently trains cannot run to time. This “Vkns delays at crossings. Neither can the trains keep to their scheduled time when they .are tuning through thick fogs, as visibility is "o bad and it would be dangerous to nin at the ordinary speed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 612, 14 March 1929, Page 13
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143FOGS DELAY TRAINS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 612, 14 March 1929, Page 13
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