A WIDOW'S APPEAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 5

A WIDOW'S APPEAL.

"THE REGENT RAILWAY' INCIDENT. 7 - By Telegraph—Pros Association. | .WELLINCWDON, Last Ni^it. : .' In. tEhie House of Repreenltlatives, (this afternoon, titoe report of rtihie.Petd(tdions Ctonuniiititee on thie petition of jtjhe iwaaow of thie lat© Mr Claude (wihto prevented a*:disadt'ro<us railway smash afc Obainihiu), fictr a looompiassionate afllowmaae, was presented. The Ooaramitltee recommended thie petition to tihe favourable oonsidieratioiL of tihie Gov«rp/miein.t. ' Several .member® urged the MimsIbry tlo seriously amd favourably cn« sidler itihie pieitarGioa* , 1 : *' Hhie Hlon. J. A. Millar'said he did mot wish to detract from tihe late Mr Oaudie , iS action; but lb© maintained iibat itlhe collision -would not bave~taifeen, place bad Oaude inot bean, there. fUhje engine-driver of tine express jjuOflied bis train up on seeing the ttSiriee tail lights of ithe runaway apiproaicbling. The Government, in paving £SO ilo COiaudle, hlad, in his opinion, paid igufficienitily for wihat Olaude (bad done, Thiere w'aa not' ai tattle cf evidence in .support of rtflie contention that Claude's action on thte mishit .was responsible for ibis, death. He painted out that.thie people of 'Auckland had done nothing for Olaude. Mr Miassey iheld that Claude had mot been paid enough for his acrtion. LEin Ms opinion Claude averted the cbOiEsion. He hoped the Government /would make tibe necessary provision So® rfJbe -widow audi children of an uridoulbrtjedly brarve mian. "Wiffch reference to .t(he Auiakl'and peopled action, they Mt tihialt it was itihe duty of the Government .to take the matter up. Mr Slogan said the Committee recognised that Olaude hlad done a moblie act. The Oammiijbee wished +<o plaoa Ihia wudo\tf on a bdfcter footing itton s£he was lat present. If .any Siotaibifc existed, as to wfaetlhier Claade hsui saved the train, Hie slionH be given the benefit oif that dkmbt.