SWAN BREAKS CIRCUIT.
HAMILTON IN , DARKNESS. '■■'"■■ .-.'.' - : -■-•■■■'. '••'":,'.., -'-■-? -v.v^:'''■-:'■ i 1: [BY TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT. J ~;■',' ;>''.;;,. HAMILTON. Wednesday. A venturesome 'swan which* flew into the telephone lines at Hinuera ■ caused an interruption in the electric light service for 10 minutes in Hamilton on Saturday evening. The swan carried the telephone lines into the power : lines, which hang immediately above. - Both lines, one '■'. leading to Hamilton and the other to Waikino, were put v completely out of action, but the power cable was soon ; disentangled from the telegraph lines, arid put into service again. .v •> The necessary repairs were effected most expeditiously, and the effect in Hamilton would not have been so pronounced had it not been that the disentangling of the lines caused injury to '/a; switch in the Hamilton transmission station. |; '•' The department intends replacing the telephone lines with heavier material.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18685, 15 April 1924, Page 8
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139SWAN BREAKS CIRCUIT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18685, 15 April 1924, Page 8
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