BLUE SLIP PUZZLE
SOUTH ISLAND RAILWAY COMMENT BY MINISTER INSPECTION TO BE MADE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Monday "The job has been a brain-puzzler for the engineers ever since they struck it," said the Minister of Public Works, the Hou. It. Semple, referring this morning to the discovery that the blue slip on the South Island Stain Trunk railway, 40 miles from Kaikoura, liasshown further signs of movement. "We had an idea that the movement was exhausted and that the difficult side of that job was over," Sir. 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 I 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 uew development, which is another stage in a phase that has always been a nightmare." One of the gre.it.troubles; was that a deviation could not be undertaken, Mr. Semple stated. If the slip could have been dodged they would (have done so long ago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23259, 31 January 1939, Page 8
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201BLUE SLIP PUZZLE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23259, 31 January 1939, Page 8
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