BRAKES DEFECTIVE.
(Received May 2nd, 12.51 a,m.) MELBOURNE, May 1Tie Crown's expert who made an ecuninationi' o f tie brakes of the Bendigo train found ttoat the second engine's brake was defective in that it Sailed *o grip, while "the brakes oi the nmiJ yon. and one carriage were nearly useless. The first engine's brake was effective, but an obstruction wee found in the hose oonmertion between it and the tender.
The expert remarks that as an; oxpress tlte train was c disgrace to the roud.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13105, 2 May 1908, Page 9
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