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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 90, 4 July 1930, Page 4

A new type of ealtle-stop known ns the suriaco type.. l«J« ,u ; u tried -t by tbo Railway men* at the Ashiey level nro.su r, „u 11 a' north line, and there ; w ot-t.,-v probability (says tlio C.hnstchnrd. Sun) that the now design, •which is said to be as olfectivo as the present one wjII be? adopter, as a standard in New Zealand. Instead of the pritl being placed over the pit, it. is simply laid on tbo pinund surface, thereby eliminating the expense of constructing the pit and tho special beams to carry the track ovm’ it. from the point of view ot economy <n construction, it' m ion sidered nmch mure desirable limn the existing type. Tt is in general nse in the United States of America and on the Continent.