The chime maiming whistle, which has been tried out' on one "of • die locomotives oil the main north line! is to be adopted by. the Rail wav Department, as -a standard .main line whistle,. Mr. H. H. Sterling, general manager of the New Zealand Railways, told a Christchurch paper the ‘other- day: . The-non' whistle, which has met with' the approval in .the Dominion, is .as equally effective as the old type of steam whistle, but it has not the same shrill note, which'at times ias come in tor sonic criticism because of its ear-splitting effect. ‘ A" hew type, of warnin'' - whistle for use on electric kieomotiyes - and earsyis. also, .being t ricd out. , : .
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11132, 15 February 1930, Page 12
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