DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSPORT IN THE ORANGE RIVER DISTRICT.—AN EPISODE IN A DAY'S MARCH.
I'or a mile the road was submerged to a depth of three feet, the bottom being thickly covered with mud and full of treacherous holes. Great didi cult\ wa< experienced in getting the transport wagons along at all. The men had to dismount and shove them along by hand, everyone getting frightfully sunburnt in the process. From six o’eloek in the morning till right at night they toiled on, and after fourteen hours incessant wading they had progressed the distanue of six mites.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 16 June 1900, Page 1126
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96DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSPORT IN THE ORANGE RIVER DISTRICT.—AN EPISODE IN A DAY'S MARCH. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 16 June 1900, Page 1126
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