A CANINE CROSSING-KEEPER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 129, 2 June 1926, Page 8

A CANINE CROSSING-KEEPER.

■ i The actions of a dog which appears in the morning at the railway crossing warning sign opposite the Paimerston North Post Office, and which remains there until late in the afternoon, have aroused the interest of quite a number of people who frequently pass that way, states a correspondent. The animal is an intelligent-looking class of sheep dog, and lies perfectly quiet at the foot of the warning sign until a train appears in sight from Terrace End, or is seen drawing out of Palmerston North station. At once the selfappointed cro°bing-keeper becomes extremely agitated, barking and running down the line a chain or so towards the train. When the engine is about a. couple of chains off the Post Office corner, he rushes ahead along the track and up and down it over the crossing, barking furiously at the traffic. Usually the dog only gets out of the path of the engine just in time, but cnce Jhe forepart of tbe train covers the width of the crossing he lies down again quietly taking no further notice of anything until the next engine signals its ap- j proach. - —