Railway Disaster Attributed to Sabotage

Northland Age, Volume 28, Issue 53, 22 June 1928, Page 6

Railway Disaster Attributed to Sabotage

It is believed that the disaster to the Munich-Frankfurt express was due to sabotage. The crowded train was rounding a curve at 50 miles an hour close to the small station of Siegelsdorf, near Nuremburg. The engine plunged over an embankment and the carriages piled up at the bottom In spite ot he many attempts by the struggling farmer, the gum lands of the North Auckland district have proved unsuitable for general agricultural purposes. Cropping is not a paying proposition in those parts. There is one exception, however—tobacco thrives well in these latitudes and splendid types of leaf have been produced on soils that not long ago were covered with ti-tree and fern. A smal portion of these waste lands if planted in tobacco would be sufficient to transform this poverty-stricken district into regions of affluence and wealth; £SO net is the average yield of a tobacco crop per acre and often more. Few people realise the immense possibilities of the tobacco industry, but anyone wanting information on the subject is referred to the ready manufactured article. "Riverhead Gold” mildest of all; “Toested Navy Cut” (Bulldog) of medium strength ; and “Cut Plug No 10” (Bullhead), full strength. Do not forget that all three brands are “toasted” and therefore more wholesome than the average class of goods from overseas, often so harmful, on the score of excess nicotine. Annie’s aunty, Amy Aimes, Played ping-pong and other games, Billiards, bobs, and table bowls, With her parents, dear old souls. They’ve been wed for sixty years ; Storm and sunshine, laughter, tears, Ripe old age like them secure Priceless Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Subscribers who do not receive thei copy of “The Age” regularly, or afte undue delay, are kinily asks 1 to notify th office. The New Ford has well-base wheels, three-quarter floating rear axles, irreversible steering. Now is the time to plant Fruit Trees, Shrubs and Plants. Geo. Sinclair’s are the best. Catalogues, etc. from H. R. McCarthy, local Agent. „