Up to the Axles

Thirty-three inches of rain in five days is not unusual in the southern fiords, but in the Tiniroto-Hanganoa district near Gisborne, that's enough to make roads impassable for weeks. A fortnight after this autumn's "record rain", an inspection party in a Land Rover still couldn't get through on the Bushy Knoll Road. Mr H. Dudfield, M. P., who was a member of the party, has kindly made available these photographs, which show (above) the Land Rover doing its best in axle-deep mud, and (below) a bulldozer driven by Mr Walker giving the vehicle a helping hand. Photographs demonstrate graphically why some settlers were isolated for weeks. (Foot of page opposite: The inspection party. Left to right, Messrs Dudfield, J. Gunn, overseer Cook County Council: N. Thompson, assistant district engineer Works Department: and H. Stevenson, Cook County contractor.)

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