HEAVY RAINS.
COMPLETE HOLD-UP BY FOURTEEN SLIPS. [Per Press Association.] Taihape, October 21. Heavy continuous rain which fell on Wednesday night and all day on Thursday caused numerous slips between rtiku and Martgaweka, completely blocking the traffic. There were fourteen slips, and passengers' by the express from j\!uokland were Unable to proceed. South of Taihape there' tfere' several' washouts ort the line. It 5 is estimated that it will' take till Sunday beforo the service can be resumed. Possibly temporary arrangements will be madS' to' transfer the passengers 1 across the slips. To-day there is brilliant sunshine,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 24 October 1913, Page 6
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