ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE.
TO HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
":■>!' ' ■■ AUCKLAND, :This-Day.:; The damage by the "flood to the (main highways and bridges north of Auckland, is estimated by the county engineer at fifty thousand'pounds. ;'... ;.. ; ' v / The'HonHJi Gvj'Coates puts ih'e damage on.i.the.iiWhangarei-Haurau" section,' of Auckland 'railway; at'" £6000; The damage' is most extensive iii the .Otamatfea, Hobsoh, and Whangarei.couii'ties_. Further north the floods, were less serious,, the damage ,'in Manganui/Whai ngarda, arid Hrikianga counties hot . being ;extensive, . The" P.ublic' VVqrks DepartmehtKvill. be liable'.for'£'for'£'subsidy in respect to allflood damage. - '■The fringe of the floods and the.sw-e-ep of;damage-begins about five miles beyond Helensyille,- Travel by road is hazardous.' Between Kaukapakapa and Topuiii" about lorty, miles, of raihyay. track. .-are'-affe'et--ed.. ; Some parts' are badly damaged; The Tahekeroa tunnel is blocked at both ends by. fairly heavy landslips. V . : .■:■ ■'■I- A ;.gang"of,. eighty. ra'ilwaymeh , and navvies-did.excellent work repairing the 'damage - to. the railway.-'-line in the vicinity Vof' Kaukapakapa. '..There is.., little prospect of a resumption of the through train/, service till Thursday. ;' The 'line beyond;Tahekerpa:tunnel is.under water .at .Kaipara /. Flats,.; ■ more - or - less. - dam-aged.-at-Waybyi-69.. miles--north of Auckland, and-badly damaged ."at Tehana,; 75 .miles, and. Topuni, .. 7.9 i.'miles north.. ■■;.■■<*•:• - ','-.' -■.■:.■- -^
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 83, 7 April 1924, Page 8
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191ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 83, 7 April 1924, Page 8
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