DAMAGED HUTT RAILWAY LINE.
REPAIRS WILL DEPEND ON STATE OF WEATHER. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 21. “It all depends on the weather,” said a railway official to-day, when questioned about the damaged Hutt line. “This, unfortunately, is the season for southerlies, but if violent southerlies hold oc we should be able to repair the track sufficiently to ensure a continuance of the service on the inner set of rails; but if we get a series of heavy southerlies in the immediate future, goodness knows what will happen.” There was a fairly rough sea, combined with a high tide, this morning, but the waves were not 60 fierce as those experienced in last week's storm, yet the conditions were bad enough to undo some of the repair work already carried out, and indicate what might happen in the case of another storm sue has last week’s. In the circumstances the. Department is maintaining a creditable service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18546, 21 August 1928, Page 10
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