RAILWAY MEN'S MISTAKE.
DRIVER, AND GUARD SUSPENDED. "NAPIER, December 31. The -driver .and gtjard of the early morn<? ing train from Waipukurau to Dannevirk« last Friday have been "suspended. It seem* that the traia was scheduled to cross lib sheep special at Mangatere, but failed to wait there, and ran right on to Dannevirke. Fortunately the sheep special had been) delayed shunting at Dannevirke, and was just, about -to leave when' the' "Waipukurajt train steamed in, -a collision^ being fhua averted. A preliminary inquiry was held by the Tfispbnsible'- officers of the department at Waipukurau on Saturday, -and^fhe results forwarded, on to 'the, Gfeneral Manager ' and of Railways. They men are old, steady, reliable servants, with? between 16 and 20 years' Bervice. They offer no-excuses; 'and accept all the blarney adnjjtting that they quite overlooked ft* taxaat the, crossing station...
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 63
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140RAILWAY MEN'S MISTAKE. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 63
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