LIMITED SMASH.
D El’Al? TAIENT’S PR EGA UT KINS. WELLINGTON, August 11. ‘ .So far as the human, mind can guarantee safety—well, I do not think I am exaggerated in saying that the Limited is as safe as any other train,” declared the Prime Minister when ho was questioned regarding the derailment of the Wefiington-Aueldand limited express near Johnsonville last night. The Railway Department took
1 the procaution tlmt only allowed wellknown firms to tender for axles, and 1 the specification for the material in I the axle was laid down, lie understood, 1 according to a standard formula. Then the axles were tested, and if an accident occurred an inquiry was held, which not only dealt with the acci--1 dent itself, but, so far as the Department could go with the stafF and chemical advice at their disposal, it made a thorough inquiry. “The inquiry is not just saying there is an inquiry,” continued the Prime Minister, “ but all evidence possible from the technical and any other point of view is collected, and any expression of opinion from outside is obtained and investigation made by officers who are qualified to give a reply. How much further we can go I am not able to say, more than this, that we arc endeavouring to strengthen that side of the Department—the testing and chemical side. We have a laboratory which we are building up in such
a way that I .sincerely trust that the public will feel confidence tTiat we are ' trying no experiments, and that the Department applies all the science and knowledge it possesses, not only in New Zealand, hut from other parts of the world, for the safety of passengers.”
Tile accident occurred after the train had surmounted the grade and was on the run down, and from statements he had received it was not running at an excessive speed when the axle of the first carriage broke. “Will you submit the broken axle to the Canterbury College Engineering School? ” asked Sir John Luke. “ There is no objection.” replied the Minister. “As a matter of fact, the Department is working in close association with the Canterbury Engineering • School. ”a
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1926, Page 4
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360LIMITED SMASH. Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1926, Page 4
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