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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 177, 26 May 1916, Page 2

The ne« line constructed as a deviati n of the railway line between Paerata and Kunciman in connection with tie grade easement works is to be used for the first time 0:1 Sunday, Ju-.e 4th. The gang (f men employed on the woiks will be engaged lor two months after the line is opened in removing tie balias\ rails and bridges, etc., from the old route. The improved grade will allow for a vast increase in the maximum weight taken over the Karaka bank by goads trains. When dnviig at Klondyke with Mr S Crawfotd, ot Onewnero, on Tuesday, Mr Kidd, Government inspcclor it Machinery, of Hamilton, had the misrorturc to be thrown out of a gig through the vehicle bumping on a stump on the road. Mr KiJIJ Efelaincd a liacturc u| hi 3 le{ near the ankle, lie was liret dnv:n to Mr Crawford's residence and from there conveyed in Mr T Muir's motor car ti the I'uakau Hotel, where he was attet.ded by Dr Wake, of Pukekohe, and was taken to the