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AUCKLAND, December 5. A motor truck driven by a married man named Buckley (on his first job after a, long time unemployed) was struck by an inward bound train at Avondale level crossing, this morning. The driver had an astonishing escape, being thrown clear of the truck and picked up 20 yards away covered with wreckage. His injuries are not serious. The locomotive was damaged and unable to continue the journey. DUNEDIN, December 5Relative to the cable message about Richard Brophy, formerly second in command of the Byrd expedition, Tapley and Co., base agents for the Expedition, state there is no truth in the assertion that an intrigue with a Broadway actress caused his dismissal. .Brophy was not dismissed. He suffered a severe breakdown in Dunedin, and during the period of incapacity was unfit to handle the Expedition’s affairs, so. that his resignation was ac cepted. There was no question of misdemeanour from Brophy’s illness. Commander Byrd was and is much concerned over Brophy’s welfare and future. In the early stages of the Expedition, Brophy proved an efficient organiser rendering inestimable service.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 December 1929, Page 7
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