FISHPLATES FOUND ON RAILWAY LINES
PATROLS ON DUTY IN OTAGO Dunedin, Aug. 4. The discovery that several iron fish- ■ plates of the type which are used to hold the ends of railway tracks to- j gether had been placed across the main j south line between Balclutha and ! Kukapuaka on Sunday made addition • j ul precautions necessary for the sale 1 passage of expresses using the line. Patrols were on duty between Clio- ! ton and Stirling and trains travelled j slowly so that they could pull up quick - ; iv if necessary. It is reported that the . Dunedin to Invercargill express took ; half an hour to travel the three miles between Stirling and Balclutha. —P.A. |
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 5 August 1941, Page 3
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