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Otago Witness, Issue 3899, 4 December 1928, Page 68

That the Hutt line will be again washed out by angry waves hurled against it by a boisterous southerly gale is very unlikely (reports the Wellington Evening Post). Since the catastrophe of August last a protective rampart of large boulders and substantial concrete blocks has been placed along the bottom of the embankment, and against this the waves should in future break with impunity. This work has been necessarily slow, for the many actual breaches in the embankment had to be repaired first, and work can only be carried on at times when traffic is at a minimum. However, it is nearing completion, and when finished should allay any anxiety as to the future. The boulders have been brought from a quarry at Belmont, and the concrete blocks were made at Thorndon, and daily on the siding may be seen lines of trucks containing a quantity of each, with the cranes which are used to lower them into position.-