WHISTLING AT CROSSINGS.
ENGIirE-DKIVERS , DUTY. AUTOMOBILE CLUB INFORMED. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. That the majority of accidents at railway level-crossings are due to the failure of engine-drivers to blow the whistle, was the contention expressed by a motorist in a communication to the Wellington Automobile Club. He quoted the instance of a narrow escajjt he had experienced at night. The secretary stated that he had brought the matter before the Railway Board, which had replied that enginedrivers had been given definite instructions in regard to whistlins at erossince. The necessity for rijrid adherence to the instructions had been impressed upon them.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 3
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103WHISTLING AT CROSSINGS. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 3
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