RAIL CAR ACCIDENT
PREVENTING SIMILAR OCCUR- p $ RENCES DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. In an interview referring to the rail car accident, the'General Manager of Railways, Mr G. H. Mackley, said the Department would investigate the desirability of lengthening the breakwind and would also make provision for wise discretion to be exercised when gales of such severity were again encountered. The Department would consider empowering drivers of rail cars or other authorised officials to decide whether to proceed on tire journey in such extraordinary conditions and, if necessary, a steam train could be substituted.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19361009.2.44
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 9 October 1936, Page 4
Word Count
98RAIL CAR ACCIDENT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 9 October 1936, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in