SHOT FIRED AT TRAIN.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 20 May 1929, Page 9

SHOT FIRED AT TRAIN.

PASSWGSM STABTLM). [til fUM •esetal Sorvtse>] AUCKLAND, M** 1* At aa Auckland-bound treia tow Papatoetoe passed «*dar 41m u»*»>»4 bridge at Market road tttfc moratftjb. the glass of one of the doors waft broken by a pellet which was eviaattttt fired from a gun. Pasntugots la wf car were startled by tjbe apgcWri jf glass falling round them. Whin tM carriage was searched a lead peHat*** found lying on the fioor. It «•* fi**» tened by the force of the Mow again* the glass. The driver of the traJß said that ■. as the train passed under the Mrtigf) he sow a lad orouofaing *wekfc» on* 11 the piles aa though he w«re fefiftg te) hide. Passengers who ffonuottlty ft* the train say they hare teas * aw loitering about in tho rletaitf «f «• bridge on several oooMkna, fMM were not a great number of penMftaart in the oar, which was the sixth M ft train of eight oars. Four nee «•** playing cards neat the door and M*> era! others were sitting reeding in talking in tho carriage. Suddenly •bore the ramble of tho train tM glass panel of the door lending oft *» the platform was broken and piatfal of glass fell on the fioor. No one Is is* car was injured. J. Melican, guard on the train, said a hole nearly as targe ae an eraftge was made in the glass of the door. Several pellet marks were found on the door dividing the two cotnpartmente of the carriage, bat only one pellet was found on the floor.