mmimmtmmmmmmmmmmmiitimm The Dunedin Repatriation Board has the distinction of having granted lasi week- the first loan .} under the Repatriation Act to help a, returned -soldier to Start m business. Many applications for loans are under consideration. Wliile the members, of the Fishieries Commission were at Helensville, thej nad a practical illustration of : the danger of level ■ railway crossings. The} were .returning by niotor from Par ak'a-i, &nd -whdn they wei'e ' near the , railway crossing at Helensville South a ! goodt train was approaching froni . Auckland. There is an automatic warning bell '.;at the crossing,' but jt was not ; heard until 'the engine and etie van were actually on the roadway. ' A high '.bankl at the side of the line prevented the chauffeur from noticing the approaching train, and', if' was only his .promptitude that prevented an . accident taking place. The - car was within": six feet of the train -before it j could jbe pulled up.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 7
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