INTERPROVINCIAL.
Auckland, Monday. Great apprehensions are felt regarding the Ohaupo swamp portion of the railway line which is sinking considerably, and embarrassing tho i ail way manager. Earth cracks caused through the dry weather and ths weight of tlie train causes the rails to smk T-vo engines kept exclusively erasing the swamp, had the life guards and cow-i atchers removed. (Some rails sunk twi c in one day. A railway guard was s-u-pended on Saturday, charged wiih allowing a w -man to iravel from Waikato without, paying. The guard is accused ef conveying produce without a way bill. Nelson, Monday. Stevens, Secretary to the New Z aland R flAss iciatiou, accompanied by Beveral local officers, visited the spot selected for the piiz^* tiring, aud was highly pleased with ic. Ranges cm be secured, if necessary, to 1500 yards. I tis tiue dry land, close to tne Brightwater Rail way Ma-ion, 12 miles from kelson, and with a telegraph wire passing through ifc. The river is close by tor bathing, and stores ai d provisions of all k nds are in the immediate v.cinity. The light is good, and it is iv every way ni> st suiiabl.-. 'iawge tiring will probablj commence ou the first Monday in March.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1078, 14 January 1879, Page 5
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207INTERPROVINCIAL. Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1078, 14 January 1879, Page 5
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