DEEP COVE TELEPHONE
Keas Attack Line
(NiZ. Press Association) INVERCARGILL, June 23. Keas about Deep Cove are causing the Invercargill Post Office some concern. The district engineer, Mr B. B. Hands, confirmed that birds had been attacking the 14mile link between Deep Cove and West Arm, and causing frequent interruptions. “It is quite evident that keas, or some other such birds, have been chewing the cable and we are getting worried how to cope With it,” said Mr Hands. The worstaffected part of the link was about half a mile from West Arm. Damage there, said Mr Hands, had been quite severe. Two post office technicians were flown in to the area today to repair the damage. The telephone link has been out since Saturday.
Farm Sale More than 1000 people were at Koheroa station, near Mercer, when thousands of head of sheep and cattle and farm machinery were offered in the largest clearing sale in the Waikato for years. Net proceeds from the sale are expected to be about £20,000. — (N.Z.P.A.)
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30477, 26 June 1964, Page 7
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172DEEP COVE TELEPHONE Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30477, 26 June 1964, Page 7
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