BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 January 1929, Page 5

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

EFFORTS TO SECURE SAFETY. ...u t'reao Association — By Electric .telegraph •oopyngul.) (Australian Breeo Association.j LONDON, Jan. 11. Public uneasiness at the frequency of railway disasters was answered by Mr J. H. Follows, vice-president of the London, Midland and Scottish Railways, who declare the driver of the express in the Gloucester accident was true to type—steady and solid. — and that nothing could rattle him. i He was typical of the 29,000 drivers and firemen on the system. The locomotives to-day were better than ever. The engine was one of the latest 'and most perfect types. “Thus you had. a man and a machine as near perfection as possible,” said Mr Follows. “We have absolute confidence in the permanent way, and every proved safety device was adopted. Money is being continually, spent in experimental work. The statistics show that it is a 36,000,000 to one chance of a passenger being killed for every single j'ourney lie makes. Who can throw the first stone?”