BIG TASK AHEAD.
RAILS TO BE RELAID. Even when the weather clears the Railway Department will be faced with serious difficulty when it comes to th-3 work of repairing breaks on the Wai-para-Parnassus branch. r JTie line forty-four miles in length, and it goes over the Hurunui and the Waiau, as well as over smaller streams. All of them have been swollen by heavy rain. SCOURING BY FLOOD. After inspecting the line, reports indicate that rails will have to be relaid over various stretches. Scouring by flood water still goes on, and the foundations of various bridges have been undermined. SLIPS ON LINE. There is a slip near Scargill. but the worst fall of earth has taken place be tween Ethelton and Tor more. Several hundreds of tons of earth have been carried away. The rails underneath this huge pile of debris are very likely to have been either bent or broken. Repairs will, therefore, be a matter ot weeks. A survey will be made shortly.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17037, 10 May 1923, Page 9
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