ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Auckland. August 22 A diabolical attempt was made to-day to wreck the. train from Auckland, near Hamilton. At O'Neill'tj road crossing t*vo f-lei'j'er-* w(re so placed that if one did nol di.ra.il it the other would be buccefbful in doing so It was scarcely the work of children, as the Meeponi wf-re too heavy. One w.is placed wit'i the oml down on the hollow of the catlle jruifrd with (lie ether end projec'inf; so as to catch thu wheels of the engine Mr T. H. White, ip rassing, s.iw the obstruction and removed it I'-'.fons the passage of the train, and informed the jsylice.
Tho PreniM r of Victoria is r; mmfiiiic-Hting with the GSovcninunts of the dlln'i- colonies, poiuting out that it i<* not di:si;ith!{> to aliow France to acquire the St. Paul 'or Am^tr nlam Islands, and desiring that joint rcj'rot-cntafioiis be made to the Imperial authorities in ccrmtclica with this laatttr.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2009, 25 August 1892, Page 15
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159ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Otago Witness, Issue 2009, 25 August 1892, Page 15
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