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EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT No. 8. N.Z.R.—Auckland Section. 1. I hereby certify that I have been shown how to work the Westinghouse air-brake, and I am quite conversant with the proper use of it on engines or engines and tenders. Name :T. M. Cooper. Grade: Fireman. Location : Frankton Junction. Date: U/3/03. G. 8.—16/3/03. A. V. Macdonald.

N.Z.R.—Auckland Section. 2. I hereby certify that I have been shown how to work the Westinghouse air-brake, and I am quite conversant with the proper use of it on engines and trains. Name :T. M. Cooper. Grade: Fireman. Location : Frankton Junction. Date: 14/3/03. G. 8.—16/3/03. A. V. Macdonald.

EXHIBIT No. 9. Auckland Section. 1. This is to certify that I am conversant with and have been shown the proper use of Westinghouse brake equipped on engines and tenders. Name. Designation. Location. If conversant. If shown. Date. J. L. Taylor ... Fireman and Acting-en- Taumarunui Yes Yes 15/5/06. gineman Auckland Section. 2. This is to certify that lam conversant with and have been shown the proper use of Westinghouse brake equipped on engines and trains. Name. Designation. Location. If conversant. If shown. Date. J. L. Taylor ... Fireman and Acting-en- Taumarunui Yes Yes i 15/5/06. gineman Geo. Bowles, E.S. F'man. 9/6/06. EXHIBIT No. 10. To Stationmaster, Putaruru, Rotorua. 3rd August, 1907. To-day Saturday service of " X " special will run from Putaruru to Mamaku attached to No. eleven train. No. eleven to be held at Putaruru till seven p.m. Instruct staff. Repeat and say if understood. T. W. Waite. EXHIBIT No. 11. New Zealand Railways. Locomotive Department, Putaruru Station, sth August, 1907. Report of Engineman T. Cooper, No. 11 Train, 3rd August, 1907, from Putaruru to Mamaku. Sir,— I regret to have to report the wreck of above train. When about two miles and a half south Ngatira my engine suddenly went off her beat, and leading engine applied the brakes and stopped the train. I got down and examined engine outside, and then crawled underneath and examined eccentrics and links: found them all right. Engineman Taylor, who also heard engine 6—D. 7.

Auckland Section. 2. This is to certify that lam conversant with and have been shown the proper use of Westinghouse brake equipped on engines and trains.

Geo. Bowles, E.S. F'man. 9/6/06.

EXHIBIT No. 10. To Stationmaster, Putaruru, Rotorua. 3rd August, 1907. To-day Saturday service of " X " special will run from Putaruru to Mamaku attached to No. eleven train. No. eleven to be held at Putaruru till seven p.m. Instruct staff. Repeat and say if understood. T. W. Waitb.

EXHIBIT No. 11. New Zealand Railways. Locomotive Department, Putaruru Station, sth August, 1907. Report of Engineman T. Cooper, No. 11 Train, 3rd August, 1907, from Putaruru to Mamaku. Sir,— I regret to have to report the wreck of above train. When about two miles and a half south Ngatira my engine suddenly went off her beat, and leading engine applied the brakes and stopped the train. I got down and examined engine outside, and then crawled underneath and examined eccentrics and links: found them all right. Engineman Taylor, who also heard engine 6—D. 7.

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Name. Designation. Location. If conversant. If shown. Date. . L. Taylor ... Fireman and Acting-en- Taumarunui gineman Yes Yes 15/5/06.

Name. Designation. Location. If conversant. If shown. Date. . L. Taylor ... Fireman and Acting-en- Taumarunui gineman Yes Yes 15/5/06.