RAILWAY GROSSING DISPUTE.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Invercargill, Wednesday. To«day the Resident Magistrate dismissed a charge against a ratepayer for driving across the railway on one of the streets of the town to his residence. The grounds for the decision were, that it was not laid down in the regulations that the erection of notice boards and laying down of guard rails constituted a public crossing. Ia this case the road was level with the line and continued sn either side. There was a crossing, and it was dear according to the Act that the public had a right to cross if there were no approaching train within a mile. Following on this decision, the department shortly before dusk to-night erected a four-post fence across the street, with the top rail of iron. A citizen ran against the obstruction and informed the police, and the department then placed a light on the fence. This crossing question is exciting a good deal of interest. The streets were laid off before the railway was thought of, and the ratepayers naturally resent interference with the free use of them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7922, 14 April 1887, Page 5
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186RAILWAY GROSSING DISPUTE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7922, 14 April 1887, Page 5
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