Signs point to vandals’ trail
Road signs were reversed yesterday in what the overseer for the Ministry of Works at Temuka (Mr A. J. Dillon) described as the latest act in a trail of vandalism. Signs pointing to Station and Epworth Roads were essential: they indicated a heavy-traffic detour. Mr Dillon said that five finger posts had been ripped off, and signs in traffic islands had been tom out and thrown aside. When the PukakiHermitage State Highway (SH 80) was opened, litter bins — mainly 44-gallon drums marked “tidy kiwis” — had been provided.
These had been peppered with bullet holes. About four miles of guide posts (64 posts in all) on the side of the road had been pulled out, taken some distance, and burnt in a bonfire on the riverbed. Marker posts and litter bins iiad become cannonfodder in an operation which was undoubtedly costing the No. 15 Roads District thousands of dollars, Mr Dillon said. He said that about four months ago every South Canterbury Automobile Association finger post from Timaru to Glenavy — 50 miles — had been pulled out.
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