PORT RAILWAY.
TO TUB EDITOB. Sir, —One often reads in the daily papers: “Travel by rail for safety.” I think it ought to read the other way about: “ Travel by rail to be injured.’’ Take, for instance, the 12.15 train from Dunedin to Port Chalmers last Saturday. When the train pulled into the station at Port' Chalmers the passengers were sent flying all over the carriages; a good many were hurt and bruised. I was one of several who complained, and T would like to know who was to blame, the driver or whop— I am. etc., Safety Fibst. September 10. [lt is explained by the railway authorities that the train was a particularly long one, and when stopping at Port Chalmers the brakes were applied m such a manner as to cause a slight jolt. The matter is being investigated by the department to ascertain why (it was necessary to make the sudden stop.—Eel. E.S.]
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Evening Star, Issue 21822, 11 September 1934, Page 12
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156PORT RAILWAY. Evening Star, Issue 21822, 11 September 1934, Page 12
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