THE BROKEN WIRES.
SNOW EIGHT FEET DEEP. IBy Telaeraph.-Preg, Association.] , Christchurch, August 2. Linesmon who were dispatched from Christchurch to mend the broken telegraph wires which trail over the AVhalesback, found that to carry out their difficult work successfully equipment of quito Arctic kind was necessary. Tho snow in some places is at least eight feet deep, and to attempt to cross it shod in ordinary footwear would bo perilous, Therefore the Department sent Up a number of skis, and On tlieso gangs are repairing the brmks, their instructions being to llrst of all connect up one sillglo wire between Waian and Kaikoura, That done,' they have now before them the uioro difficult task of raising and mending the rest of the wires. As sonic of these aro buried under 4ft. of snow, the men will hardly get back to town for a week of two.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 5
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