TRAFFIC HELD UP
SLIP ON COROMANDEL ROAD (From Our Own Correspondent) THAMES, To-day. A number of motorists were held up on the Coromandel road on Saturday for six hours owing to a slip between Tapu and Waikawau. One of the motorists, Mr. C. Leggatt, heard a rumbling noise, and looking out saw the face of the hill moving toward him. He liaJ only time to stop his car when the road was completely blocked. The Thames county engineer, Mr. J. Higgins, took an emergency gang to the scene, and with the assistance of about 15 motorists cleared a passageway through the slip after four hours’ work.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 626, 1 April 1929, Page 16
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106TRAFFIC HELD UP Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 626, 1 April 1929, Page 16
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