PROBLEM FOR ENGINEERS
BLUE SLIP ON SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK MINISTER TO INSPECT I United P.W* AHHocianoi.l CHRISTCHURCH, 30th January. “The job has been a brain-puzzler for the engineers ever since they struck it,” said the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, referring this morning i.o the discovery that the blue slip on the Soutli Island Main Trunk has shown further signs of movement. “We had an idea that the movement was exhausted, and that the difficult side of the job was over.” Mr Semple added, 'but these new indications that more country is coming away are giving us some concern. I propose to go and have a look at it as soon as l can with the Chief Engineer, Mr John Wood, and see what remedial steps we can take to prevent the movement from continuing. For the moment I cannot say a great deal, as I have not seen the new development, which is another stage in a phase that lias always been a nightmare.” One of the great troubles was that a deviation could not be undertaken. If the slip could have been dodged, they would have done so long ago, the Min-
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 7
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