THE TANGITU ACCIDENT.
THE RAILWAYMEN'S ACTION
There are always two sides to a question, a remark which may aptly be applied to the statement regarding the difficulty experienced in procuring a jigger at Waimiha for the purpose of conveying an injured man to the Taumarunui Hospital. Upon inquiring into the matter a Chronicle representative learned that the course pursued by the railway jigger at Waimiha was merely in accordance with express instructions that the money for the use of conveyances in such cases should be collected beforehand where possible. As a vindication of the linemen's action it may be stated that the men who worked the jigger performed the journey of nearly 24 miles in two and a-half hours, and charged nothing for their services. Not knowing exactly the amount necessary to cover the expenses of the journey the ganger collected £4, but as a matter of fact the actual amount charged was 355, the balance being refunded when the bare cost for the use of the conveyance had been ascertained. This places the matter in quite a different light to that which appeared in the first account of the occurrence.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 436, 3 February 1912, Page 5
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191THE TANGITU ACCIDENT. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 436, 3 February 1912, Page 5
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