Overgrown Railway Line
Sir, —Visitors arriving at Christchurch Railway Station from south or west must form a very poor first impression of the Garden City when they see the state of the railways between Addington and Christchurch. The tracks are overgrown and are in a condition that one would expect to see on a disused country line. It is indicative of the attention given to the railways in the South Island by the powers that be.—Yours, GARDEN CITY. January 13, 1966. [The district engineer of the Railways Department (Mr J. C. Sandford) replies: “It is agreed that our yards are badly overgrown at present. Late delivery of weed spraying materials meant that we missed the normal spring spraying. This, together with the exceptional growing season, has produced a heavy crop of weeds and grasses. Our track-mounted spraying plant is already working northwards from Timaru, and will shortly be spraying in the Addington area.”]
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30965, 22 January 1966, Page 12
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153Overgrown Railway Line Press, Volume CV, Issue 30965, 22 January 1966, Page 12
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