RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD.
SEQUEL TO A COLLISION, .
[BY TErEGIIArH.TOt'SS ASSOCIATE* J
■ ' '.' ■ J Wanganui, Wednesday. \ The North Island Railway Appeal Board was occupied all day in hearing tie cobelusion of, the evidence in the appeal,of J. G. Shelton against his dismissal in '"'■> c nseqnence of a collision at Marten, June- :| tion. In his evidence Shelton said that ■ he was instructed by the statiomnaster to go out on to the main line wills a stunting engine. The mail ' train was j o.'erdue, but lie considered -tiw. signals j would protect him," seeing that, triestatV*?. I master had given him {fie eiders. lb sooner had the shunting engine gone na ' *■ le main line than the mail train appear- I rd, and a collision occurred. The station-' master to-day declared that the shunt' was ; made without his authority, and was in direct contravention of the practice which obtained in the yard. He said it was res. sible Shelton had misunderstood ail in- ; struction regarding a different part of tit yard. The Court reserved its decision.'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19090429.2.26
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 4
Word Count
171
RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 4
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in