ATTEMPT TO WRECK MAIN TRUNK TRAIN
SEQUEL TO AWAPUNI MYSTERY. (By Tolouriiph.—Prose AssoclfitJo-n.) ; Palmerston North, July, 113. A sonsational 1 sequol to recent ru- .... iiours.pf attempts to wreck the Slain • irunb train by placing a boain across Zi J® I'®1'® at Awapuni was enacted in tho Magistrate's Court this morning, wuoil a young ihan named John Mason was_ charged that, : on; Ju|y 8, it Awapuni/ lie di<J wiljuilly place an obstruction on the railway lino between Palmerston and Loiigbum, Detectives Quirko and Sweoney iuado tho arrest «-n Saturday. _ A.romand was granted to Tuesday, July 21. Accused's counsel (Mr. I lines) , nsked for bail, but thisiwas opposed by ■-Siib-Ihspedtor';.. who said the offence was a very serious one. Acoused « did hot .appear, to bo compos mentis, nnd with men in that- condition thore was no. security : that they might not vepeat tho oitence. Mr. Ppynton, S.M., said the offence was next: to murder. Hundreds of people might have been killed. Bail was fixed at £1000, in two,sureties of £500 '-. cach. ■'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2201, 14 July 1914, Page 5
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169ATTEMPT TO WRECK MAIN TRUNK TRAIN Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2201, 14 July 1914, Page 5
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