FLOODS SUBSIDE IN NORTH

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22135, 3 July 1937, Page 16

FLOODS SUBSIDE IN NORTH

RAILWAY SERVICES STILL DISORGANISED

SHEPHERDS RELEASE MANAGER FROM LANDSLIDE

(VKSS3 iSSOCIATIOK ItLMJIU.) AUCKLAND, July 2. With the subsidence of the flood waters in North Auckland to-day a general improvement resulted in transport and telegraphic conditions. Road communications between Auckland and W hangarei and in the northern districts generally were re-established, although the route from Whangarei to Russell remains completely blocked. The railway line between Kaukapakapa and Whangarei is still impassable, and it is not anticipated that services from Auckland to the north will be resumed until Monday. Trains for the north left Auckland according to the normal schedule to-day. but their journey was completed at Kaukapakapa. There was no appreciable drop in the level of the flood between Helensville and Maungaturoto, and at Hoteo and Wayby progress was barred by water which was six feet deep in some places. Working feverishly with spades and shovels, several shepherds saved the life cf Mr C. Turner, manager of the Mangatawhiri Estate, Whakatane, when he was partially buried by a landslide caused by flood erosion today. When Mr Turner saw the landslide approaching he attempted to run to safety, but he had gone only a few yards when the fall of earth overtook him. He was flung to the ground and covered by the debris. Subsequently shephex-ds noticed his coat hanging on a post, and investigation revealed his plight. When freed with spades and shovels, he was found to be unhurt except for bruises and shock.