DUKE AS TRAVELLER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 20 November 1934, Page 10

DUKE AS TRAVELLER.

PRECAUTIONS ON RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON, Nov. 19. Elaborate precautions will bo taken to ensure the safety of the Duke of Gloucester when travelling in New Zealand by train. In tile main they will conform to the precautions observed the world over for railway travel by Royalty. The Royal train wjll be preceded by a pilot train and followed by an emergency train. Fifteen minute intervals will separate the three trains, except in those cases where the control of the tablet necessitates a greater interval of time. At all crossings there will be crossing-keepers, and no vehicle or animal will be allowed to cross over the line from five minutes before the pilot train is due until after the R-oyal train has gone by. Five minutes before the arrival of the emergency train traffic will again bo held up until that train is clear of the crossing. The public will not be allowed to crowd on to station platforms to see the Royal train pass through. All main line' points aro to be securely locked and spiked 15 minutes before the pilot train is scheduled to arrive, and stationmasters or officers in charge of tablet stations must personally examine them to see that this has been done. All trucks standing in sidings adjacent to the main line must be well within stop blocks at all safety points and securely braked. Special patrol arrangements will be made at bridges, tunnels, cuttings and at places where slips might occur. All trains, both passenger and goods, which will cross the Royal train are to be specially examined for any projections. Trains going in the opposite direction are to be side-tracked at stations preceding the arrival of the pilot train and will not move until the emergency train has passed. The timetable has been arranged so as to interrupt general railway traffic as little as possible.