CLEAR AGAIN FOR TRAFFIC
RAILWAY BREAK AT UPPER HUTT [Per United Press Association.] ' WELLINGTON, December 13. After being blocked for two days by slips and washouts caused by the rainstorm on Monday, the railway lino between Upper Hutt and Cross Creek was opened for through traffic at 8 o’clock to-night. From then onward trains were able to negotiate the affected areas, but it was stated. tonight that every precaution was being taken and that speed restrictions would apply till the track ballast is properly consolidated. A series of slips and washouts between Mangaroa, three miles north of Upper Hutt and the Summit, completely blocked the permanent way, and from Monday afternoon till this evening traffic between Wellington and the Wairarapa, via Upper Hutt, was suspended.
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Evening Star, Issue 23449, 14 December 1939, Page 12
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125CLEAR AGAIN FOR TRAFFIC Evening Star, Issue 23449, 14 December 1939, Page 12
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