Gale Damage In Taranaki
(New Zealand Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, October 20. Seventy-mile-an-hour winds brought down power and telegraph lines in Taranaki today. Telephone communication to many areas was disrupted and hundreds of homes were without electricity for varying periods. Other damage was caused throughout the province. Windows were blown in, roofing iron anc tiles were ripped away, and small buildings were demolished. Among the most serious damage was the destruction of a large sliding door from the southern end of the main hangar at the Now Plymouth airport. This huge door was flung against the corner of a nearby building and smashed. As it was blown from the hangar it brought down telephone and power lines. The door left a gap to the full force of the southerly wind, and aircraft of Rural Aviation. Ltd., had to be moved away to avoid being damaged. All toll lines north to Hamilton and Auckland were put out of action.
Special Pantomime Performance,—More than 100 children from city homes and orphanages attended a special performance of the pantomime “Mother Goose” on Thursday as guests of the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Parents’ Association, which is staging the pantomime.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28413, 21 October 1957, Page 10
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