NEW RAILWAY DEVICE
ADOPTED BY DEPARTMENT (Per Press Association.) RPNEDIX, last night. At n mooting of the Otago bmycb of tho A.S.R.s. a now hand grip for railway wagons was eommogti' > d u,pon. Somo months ago Mr. A. M. Porgiißo.ii, of South DuncHin, sulonittod for ihe board ? s inspection a model of a now typo of hand grip to bo placed op railway wagons. Th.o invention allowed' tho tarpaulin to slip down bo. hind tho grip, which was thus loft oloar for instant use, tho old typo of grip doing oovorcd up and not’available for uso when the wagons wore .sheeted. At the I. into, members thought .tho idea an ohm Mr. Ferguson lias since subni.itted his invention to the Railway Department a.ml il is noted with satis,far.tio'n that ,t;he dejigrtmeui is lilting' lie now grip id all wagons eoni.ing out of its shops. .Shunters, guards and ai,l oonoornod express the utmost safisfaetion with the now device and hope tip’ doparlniont will reoogiiiso the value of it when treating with Mr. Ferguson for its uso.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 8
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