WAVING OF GREEN FLAG.
COSTLY MISINTERPRETATION.
LEVEL CROSSING REGULATION.
-"The belts. "were ring jng, the. \slristle was blown; the crossing-keeper was standing in the middle of the, road, vehicles were waiting on both sides of the line," said Mr. F. C. Gould, on behalf of the Railway Department, when Thomas Pilling Duckworth, was charged before Mr. F. K. Hunt, s.s!.» at ;|the Police Court yesterday, with drjyjrig across the railway line at Breakwater Road when the line was not clieaJ^ Mr. Gould said that defendant had stated in .explanation that he thought"th» waving of a green flag, which was intended as a signal to the engine-driver, meant that the way was clear' for traffic. A fine of £2, with costs £4 3s, was imposed.. .-. . . A motor-cyclist,- Clarence Roy'<yMslgren, who crossed the line at Kihgstoa Street when it was not clear, was fined £l, with costs £3.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19608, 9 April 1927, Page 11
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