TRAMS STOPPED BY POWER FAILURES
HOLD-UPS AT WELLINGTON YESTERDAY
(United Press Association)
WELLINGTON, December 4. Twice today and each time at a rush hour electrical defects caused an interruption to the Wellington tramway system. At 8 a.m. a defect, small in itself, in a fuse box near the railway station resulted in the holding up of long lines of. cars. The trouble was put right after a secondary trouble developed in the Lambton Quay circuit. In all about 15 minutes of delay occurred before the service moved off normally.
Shortly before 5 p.m. trams and lifts in the city were halted by a power failure which lasted for 16 minutes. The failure. was caused by trouble at a sub-station at Dannevirke, resulting in a break in the circuit between Waikaremoana and Mangahao.
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Southland Times, Issue 23991, 5 December 1939, Page 6
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