RAILWAY TRAGEDY
CLEVER MAORI INVENTOR. It is u'nderstoed that a native named Rikiaua, who at one time had a cyole business in Te Kuiti, is now on the high road to fortune through the invention of an electrical device for the detection of slips on railways. Rikiaua’s clever invention is the outcome of the railway tragedy at Ongarue last year, which led him to experiment until success has crowned his effort®.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11784, 21 March 1924, Page 4
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71RAILWAY TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11784, 21 March 1924, Page 4
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