METHOD OF WARNING.
PROPOSAL BY FARMERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. A remit from the Auckland branch before the Dominion executive of the Fanners' Union proposed that owing to the increasing number of level crossing fatalities, the Railway Department be to expedite the adoption ax,~ 31i level crossings of the most up-to-date methods of preventing, as far as possible, a recurrence of similar accidents.
Mr. 0. P. Lynch (Manawatu), said that on a previous occasion he had suggested that the Department should arrange to put up prominent warnings on the line a quarter of a mile from either side of the. crossing, and it should be an offence for any driver to approach the crossing without whistling. The Department put up plenty of notices warning the general public, but ehould put up more notices warning its own men. Mr. W. Morrison (Wanganui), drew attention to what the Main Highways Board and Public Works Department had done. They were getting together and had requested county councils to supply lists of crossings in their county, antf'an order of danger. The motion was carried unanimously.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 141, 17 June 1930, Page 9
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