LEVIS CROSSING DANGER.
allegations of negligence ' DEPARTMENTAL I PEOSEOO'ITONS: |j j DEPARTMENTAL PROSEOUTIONG. A base arising out of the fata"! collision between a train and a motor-lorry aft S^DecTrkbor : . level crossing afc Avondate on December 26, was heard Ttaifore J. W. Pcyaton, v S.M. in the Pfl«ce Court - yesterday, when the Railway Dspartment (Mr*. Hubble) proceeded Griffin (Mr. Bartleet), for - afci/-; to * . : drive a vehicle <*ver the while the .J line. waa not clears (ifc ij < Counsel stated that the crossing was • .particularly tram'--: nor t it« jjSl it neither saw tie tram nor heard ite whistle, - though he was . keeping "a look- ff g out. His brother was killed in- the accident, and, as a result of it, h« himself was now {absolutely penniless. Defendant" w;is ordered to pay costs. - A. Marriage pleaded guilty to having driven his motor-cycle across the Sdendala r.tp Road crossing, when the line was. not dearIt was k stetted &ftt the warning'.ball waa ringing, ttie " wig-wag" danger signal' working, and that the train whistle nad been blown. Defendant was fined £2, with cosie, £2 131. I'." 1111
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18641, 23 February 1924, Page 7
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183LEVIS CROSSING DANGER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18641, 23 February 1924, Page 7
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