RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD.
Per Press Association. DI'NKDIX, March 21. The sitting of the South .Island Railway Appeal ISii,ll< 1 oi:oiio< 1 to-day, when an appeal by \Y. .Mr!.end. a\i ex- cadet. against dismissal, was.' heald. The circuiiiw aiK-es uf the ease showed that on December 2-1 111, 1906. al Waikouaii.i. Mcl.ood lowered ilie signal 1o clear, without lirst ascertaining whether the linewas clear : as a liiatler of tact, the porter who had been shinning a few hours previously, jiegleocd to lock the points, and as the result# of the clear signal, the drive;- ()• a goods train lan into the points which- were standing al half-cock, ilie. engine- and iwn way-yon:; being derailed. v For appellant it was <ov,tended th.rlie simply carried on I the insl-nu.-lioim of the stalioiima.-.ier and thai the puni-di-menf,.-. was more severe than the circumstances warranted. /The decision was reserved.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13241, 22 March 1907, Page 5
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143RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD. Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13241, 22 March 1907, Page 5
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