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5-Hour Delay
At Punts
Hundreds of cars were
delayed for up to five
hours yesterday at the
Blanchetown and Kineston
punts.
Many visitors to Adelaide
from the Murray districts
had nearly a day cut off then
Easter holidays because of
the punt congestion.
At one period there were
about 140 cars on the
Waikerie side of the Blanche
town punt and the punt
and the punt keeper did not
expect to clear the ap
proaches until about 11 ajn.
tomorrow.
Waikerie residents said
the hold-up was 'as bad as it
had ever been' but it was
not a record.
They said the crush ap
peared to be caused by the
post-holiday rush back ? to
Adelaide. Traffic going the
other way was very light.
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