WHO STOLE THE BELL?
RAILWAY CROSSING SIGNAL.
daSxevirke disturbed,
(By Telepra ph.—Press Association.)
DAXXEVIRKE. thie'dav.
A theft which is unique in the history ot Xew Zealand, was perpetrated in Danneyirke on Monday. After much agitation the railway authorities recently installed a wig-wag warning eipnal at the Allardice Street railway crossing, which has been the scene of several accidents. The bell had such a sonorous tone that it disturbed the peace of the whole neighbourhood. On Monday evening last, a letter on behalf of residents asking for abatement of the nuisance was before the borough council, and the Mayor was reputed to confer with the authonti'ts, but some unauthorised person got in first by removing the of the apparatus, which" is now effectively •silenced. The matter i<3 in the hands of tile police.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 37, 13 February 1929, Page 9
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