AN EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 27 May 1914, Page 4

AN EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT.

i Tlip jury that at Cliristchureh yester<i.iy awarded t hr» widow of a tranwtor killed at a railway level crossing at Ranpiora a sum of £ l."> 00 damafjp?. has playd iv part in urjtins on the Railway I Department the need fur a change. 'Hie I verdict is, an indication of the growing public indignation asrainst the dilatory action of the authority* in protecting tlic public in some manner at the points where their linos cross town and country I highways. 'I'lie New Zealand railway* have liar! what aiiiouiiLs to a license to i run nver any individual unlucky enough |(n he at the interserlion of railway and jroad. The fault li;i_<=, very frequently. j been neither with those running the irain. nnr with the unfortunate victim of the accident, but solely with n Dpp.irtmrnt.il disregard of any precaution at. points wen within city boundaries, unless it can he claimed that the whistliup of an engine approaching the danger s|iot i> adequate warning. The Christ- i churc-h jury h.is advanced an argument I that may 'ha.-ten the Department in finding si system that -will mitigate the evil. We. have had proini-es. but we want something more tangible. Wo commend the decision.