LINE PATROLLED.
EXPRESSES TRAVEL SLOWLY (P.A.) DUNEDIN, August 4. The discovery that several iron fishplates of the type which are used to hold the ends of railway tracks together had been placed across the main south line between Balclutha and Kakapuaka on Sunday made additional precautions necessary for the safe passage of the expresses using the line. Patrols were on duty between Clinton 1 and Stirling and trains travelled at a slow rate so that they could pull up quickly if necessary. It is reported that the Dunedin to Invercargill express took half art hour to travel the three miles between Stirling and Balclutha.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 251, 5 August 1941, Page 2
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104LINE PATROLLED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 251, 5 August 1941, Page 2
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