SLIPS ON THE MAIN TRUNK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 5

SLIPS ON THE MAIN TRUNK.

WEIRD TiJHj:i:O^;pASSKNGEE&

Tho Jlaiu Trunk express from AuckI(in(L arrived 'in A\:o!iingtou./at;*g;2o';i).nu. to. tjaturday, 'sp'metiiing'...iiioro'' than iaur hours late. . Most b! the !in:o- wasileU ihc. To Ksiiti. t-hp. ;;'\Y.fch ! <tlio'.traiii i u..ertS : ■ siiort Jy ■ afteaVii\'.i-Tit-i was;tAuud 1 tiint ,t])e rc[Kiirs (o the; !inc 'v.;biU'd not :]?G epiiiple''Ml for.-. ; : ! but ; . evidently ,-,tiio' instruetious were 'that tho EP' d oni si gcd?.' pbttioriV; There, were: lici other.': arr<iusenicnts:-::.for-on. Afteri#;iaur hours tho lire was considered -safe,' and the unballasted track.'

. It was at the .slip south. of-Horbpito that: .'Ui© first; ;j¥alvdia:«inf6rfc'' SThcrdi tKe'soyagcrs'had" 16 charig'o trains v.iih tlft-people northward; ba.ur.d,-and. to do so meant tramping over a "greasy-slip in the grey dawn ■of a whiter laorning. . Boards had '.been, laid dowi;. id lliat people 1 not. walk iirthc-uiud, ami' there ware railways-'men' to help..women and children and others :\ylio" iiceded-;assiskuc«.;^ : : -All,' tho'van-dug-/: igagffi ■agcs:«>vith: HheOTV.!ii r avo...\carriages 'haib-'.to ;cany:4BMe;'4cross--theiriselv€s.>,^Thouitlit-f I'll people" hadijciiciikodv; #11- lmt a iiiinijii'um';. "staff:. to : look after all heavy, Ins-gage.. ~X-i rf ■ The. passengers' oh iho' lip .train' had ■«.v<3u'.:a - .longer.! wait,' The trains.ordinririlv - pass;.at. To Knifi, : so. that the "north-bound"; express would Vrcaclv.. Auckland). rilwut-.-'sixShoiii's/late;::;;It; Si^tfiongh't';fprobaMe- : that\..the da»iagod : line will ho sufficiently'repaired to- allow 'Hio; 'passage'oyer^itjof; l the; express - ? arriv-': ii) t 7 in Weiliiii'lon to-dfiy; .