NAPIER-GISBORNE RAIL BLOCKAGE
(By Telegraph.— Press Association.) GISBORNE, June 1. Torrential rain overnigli.t. bringing down more slips on the railway between ■Wairoa and Napier, dissipated hopes ot (he restoration of the train connexion today. The department cancelled lhe train it hoped to dispatch from Gisborne today. intending to change over the passengers on the other side of the Raupunga Blockage. Gisborne south-bound passengers by railcar yesterday afternoon were unable to proceed beyond M airoa.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 210, 2 June 1944, Page 4
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74NAPIER-GISBORNE RAIL BLOCKAGE Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 210, 2 June 1944, Page 4
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