THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Oim.x I! ail wav Crossings. All the fine-spun arguments about the priority of railways and the right of way claimed by trains, has not succeeded ill diverting the public mind from the on? indisputable truth, that open level crossings are maintained hv the Hallway Deartinont for its own purposes and that people arc frequently killed there. Undoubtedly some motorists are reckless or incompetent, but that docs not absolve the railway authorities Jniiin responsibility for maintaining these unguarded deathtraps. Is it conceivable that if our railways were run by private companies Mich a condition of things would bo tolerated by public opinion or by the State? And why should the .'Railway Department enjoy special immunity in such matters ? Auckland “Star.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1926, Page 2
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123THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1926, Page 2
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