POST ACROSS RAILWAY.
STRUCK BY MAIN TRUNK EXPRESS. MYSTERY OF THE INCIDENT, By Teletraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The passage of the Main Trunk train , that left Auckland for Wellington last , evening was interrupted in the PaerataPukckohc section through the engine com* ing in contact with a post that was ly»> ing close to, but not, according to offl» cittl advice, across the line. On the cow-eateher striking the object the engine-driver alighted, and, placing it aboard the train, the journey wa« con* tinned to Pukekohe, where another halt was called to permit of tno post being handed over to the station-master. Later it was deposited with the police in that Uistrict, and investigations concerning tha incident are now proceeding. An officer at the 'Auckland head offl» of the Department Is inclined to the bit*'' lief that the post must have iallen from a passing traiin. Until to-morrow more* ing, however, when .the engine-driver who was in charge of thi? express returns front Taumarunui, definite information will notj >■ be available.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1920, Page 4
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170POST ACROSS RAILWAY. Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1920, Page 4
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