SLIP ON RAILWAY
EXPRESSES DELAYED OBSTRUCTION CLEARED (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Express trains bound for Auckland were delayed yesterday morning owing to a small slip on the line between Puketutu and Kopaki, about 10 miles south of Te Kuiti. ■ The slip occurred between midnight and 1 o'clock yesterday morning. A goods train was able to pass through it, but the expresses were held until •the line was cleared. The express from New Plymouth was held for 35 minutes at Kopaki. It arrived at Auckland 39 minutes late. The express from Wellington was also held while the slip was being cleared. This train arrived here 50 minutes late. The Limited express from Wellington was not affected by the slip.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19975, 28 June 1939, Page 14
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120SLIP ON RAILWAY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19975, 28 June 1939, Page 14
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