IN THE NICK OF TIME
CROSSED JUST IN FRONT OF TRAIN
FINE OF £5 IMPOSED,
Failure to take the proper precautions before going over M'Kay's railway crossing at Paekakariki in hit motor-car was admitted by a middleaged man, Henry Collett, in the Magistrate 's Court to-day. Mr. P. S. K. Macassey, who appeared for the Railway Department, stated that the fireman and enginedriver had said that the defendant passed over the crossing just fifty yards in -front of the engine. Collett j apparently knew the train'was coming, and he speeded up and crossed at a speed of about 40 miles an hour. Just after he got over the line, the back of his car crashed into a small bridge. The engine-driver, Mr. Macassey added, had sounded his whistle. Collett said he had not heard the whistle. His view was obstructed, and he did not know the road. According to his speedometer, he was not travelling at more than thirty miles an hoar. Mr. E. Page, S.M., imposed a fine of £5, with costs £1 Bs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 110, 5 November 1926, Page 3
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175IN THE NICK OF TIME Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 110, 5 November 1926, Page 3
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