RAILWAY BREAKDOWNS.
FREQUENT IN OTAGO. EXCURSIONISTS HELD UP. AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Monday. 'Breakdowns are happening with frequency on the Otago section of the railways. A seaside excursion train to Oamaru, with (iO passengers for a North Otago town, broke down at Whcnuakura yesterday,- owing to a connecting rod giving way. A porter was dispatched on a bicycle to the nearest telephone box to communicate with the authorities at Oamaru, but apparently no relief engine was available, as the damaged locomotive was used to haul four carriages to Herbert. The engine then returned to Whenuakura to take on the other three carriages. At Her-
Bert all the passengers were transferred 1o the first four carriages, and tht> damaged engine limped into Oamaru at 3.40 p.m., two hours ten minutes behind time.
As tlio refreshment room at Oamaru 'station was not open a number of the passengers went into town for a meal. When they returned they found they had missed the train, which left at 4.20 p.m. for Dunedin. It Avas a futile trip for all passengers who went to Oamaru for business or pleasure. Passengers who failed to connect with the return train to Dunedin came back on tlio midnight express from the north.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 142, 18 June 1929, Page 10
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208RAILWAY BREAKDOWNS. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 142, 18 June 1929, Page 10
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