TRAIN WRECKING STORY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 620, 19 November 1913, Page 6

TRAIN WRECKING STORY.

The sensational Btory concerning the attempt to wreck the Main Trunk erpress last week near Auckland is still being investigated by the police. The detectives who are making inquiries have as yet nothing to say about their feeling as to the genuineness or otherwise of the story of the find, but it haß been pointed out that detonators are unnecessary for the explosion of gelignite that is ground under the weight of a passing train. It is also remarked by people who know something of these things that the man who kicked a properly capped gelignite charge and told the story nexi day, after sleeping overnight on it, possesses a great deal more pluck than falls to the lot of the ordinary mortal. It might b6 mentioned, relative to this, reported discovery, that the stock of gelignite used in connection with work on tha new approach to the Ellerslie racecourse has always been jealously guarded. The explosive is in charge of the caretaker under lock and key, and is served out only on order, and to responsible persons on the work, a check of the amount used and served out being kept. Gelignite is, of course used extensively in Che volcanic area between Remuera and Mount Alber,, but the local bodies, who are the big holders of stock", keep a check on its distribution, and special precautions in this direction have been obsreved since the beginning of the strike.