RAINSTORM.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 December 1924, Page 7

RAINSTORM.

TRAFFIC DISLOCATED. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATIONDANNEYIRKE, Dec. 20. • Traffic by rail and road north of Dannevirke was greatly dislocated to-day. Wash-outs occurred on the railway between Matamau and Makotuku, and the route is still unhegotiable this morning, and' it depends upon subsequent weather conditions as to whether the damage wil necessitate the erection of a bridge. This morning’s slow trains were cancelled, and passengers by north and south expresses have to tranship at the -wash-out, which will result in an unavoidable delay. The main road to Napier is closed owing to extensive damage to the bridge near Matamau, and other roads are also blocked, by slips as a. result of damage to culverts. The weather is still wet.

RAILWAY SERVICES. . EXPRESS DELAYED. SLIP AT JOHNSONVILLE. The local railway office has been advised that owing to a slip on the line near Johnsonville the New _ Plymouth mail train has been sent via Wairarapa, and will be three hours late in arriving in Hay-era. A relief mail is running to-night, and will run through Hawera at 5.2 p.m.