THE MAIN TRUNK SLIPS.
OVER 100 MEN AT WORK.
USUAL SERVICE MAY BE RESUMED
TO-DAY.
Over 100 men are at work on the slips on the Main Trunk' line south of Horopito, and it is hoped to resume the ordinary running to-day. In the case of the largest of the slips it was found quicker to make a short deviation round the debris. The passengers who left Wellington yesterday will be brought on by a special train from Ohakune.
Tho reason for the north-bound trains taking so much longer than the southbound trains to reach their destination is that the bad state of the roads renders it impossible for the transference of passengers and mails to take place at night. The north express reaches Ohakune at nine p.m. and the passengers are therefore compelled to wait till daylight before, they can negotiate tho few miles between those sections of the line which are still in good running order. It is expected that to-day's express will arrive earlier in tho afternoon than did Sunday's train.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15124, 15 October 1912, Page 9
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174THE MAIN TRUNK SLIPS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15124, 15 October 1912, Page 9
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