LEFT THE TRACK.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8864, 26 October 1907, Page 5

LEFT THE TRACK.

"TOO MUDDY FOR A CHRISTIAN." A CHAMPION CYCLIST CONVERTED. Received October 25, 10.29 a.m. SYDNEY, October 25. Brook, the young Australian champion cyclist, who has returned here from a tour in Europe, has renounced the track owing to his religious conversion. He declares that the stream of professional cycling is too muddy for a Christian to swim in. Brook, who won considerably over £I,OOO in four years on the track, owes his conversion to Proctor, of the Christchurch Young Men's Christian Association, whom he met iourneying to London and back. MISREPRESENTATION. RELIABLE REPORTING REQUIRED. A PREMIER'S GRIEVANCE. Received October 25, 10.42 a.m. BRISBANE, October 25. In the Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition strongly protested against members of the Government taking Hansard reporters with them when they went on tour. The Premier, in r?ply, complained of systematic misrepresentation by the newspapers. Mr Kidston 'stated that the need for reliable re porting was becoming very urgent. They should have a Government newspaper. He had been very seriously considering the matter, and it was quite possible that he would ask Parliament to approve the establishment of a daily paper. Amidst dissent, laughter and interruptions, Mr Kidston went on to say that the functions of such a newspaper would be to report news, and to publish opinions only as signed articles. Party preferences would be absolutely excluded from it. TRAINS IN COLLISION. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED. Received October 26, 12.4 a.m. ADELAIDE, October 25. A serious railway collision occurred at Gaweer. The Port Pirie train with two engines attached, on entering the station, ran into a stationary goods train. Caine, the driver of the goods train, was thrown out and badly injured in the head. His condition is serious. A railway hand, named Inns, was coupling two trucks on the goods train when the collision occurred, and the wheel passed over his leg, necessitating amputation. Crightan, the guard of the passsnger train, had two ribs broken. Several others were slightly injured. The passengers received a severe shock. One was taken to the Hospital* Miss Russell, daughter of Commissioner Kussell, was severely cut about the head. A special train containing nurses and doctors was speedily on the scene, and relief was afFordsd the sufferers. The damage to the rolling stock was heavy. The three engines were considerably smashed, and a number of trucks and carriages badly damaged.