THE COLD SNAP.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1918, Page 5

THE COLD SNAP.

: RAILWAY HOOD-UP, J By Telegraph,—Press Association, j Christdvurch, July 23. * Possibly never in its history hag the- '; Railway Department in Canterbury ex- < perienced such a of trouble as lias «■ been tike case during the past four weeks.'' At present it has on its hands several j mishaps arising frojn the weathor of the i last few days. The latest is that the '. Springfield-Arthur's Pass line has once ' more become Masked—* 10-foot thictfv snow 'barrier filling many of tine out-* tings. A characteristic of the present ? fall is that the enow is soft and p<nr» dery, whilst the high winds wMdh Bompanded it caused it to drift. TMg is ' •the Main cause of the acwimoktioa in i the cuttings. In consequence, thfe ran- >. wing of the ordinary time-table paasen- '; get train to Arthur's Paas to-day taa'j been abandoned- Meanwhile a 'snow" train has Ibeen despateheji 'with a goner ■ ■in an endeavor to push $9 mjj ftfeAr-' tffrar'a Pass. maoriis? a HtMu<s2sas\ CferisMweh, Juiy-Si •' from Wellington last nigfct, experftttcett i< What was probably the roughest a»fl ■ ■ most prolonged passage in (her MstotJ- • j The vessel left Wellington at SUA yw terday afternoon, and rmmedißtery 6tr entering tho Strait from Heads was caught by a eonrfh-wWter of hurricane force. The wind and fcawy sea reduced the vessel's speed to fi&raS five or six knots per hour, and 60X& mepk the decks frequently. At iSbS d&S * had reaohed Cape Campbell, where %ns6V r . ; ing snow showers Were encomrtered. Thij,. vessel progressed at a/bout sis or e3gi& ' knots per hour, the opaque ateoggflterri i making navigation difficult. dtjftatlf* (Manning, however, managed to kero the 1 j ship Well within her course. The trip ' occupied 20 hours—roughly, eight longer than is usttaly taken by fihe 4Saor% '