WORKMEN'S TRAINS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 116, 16 May 1906, Page 8

WORKMEN'S TRAINS.

fTo tbe ESltor-i Sir,—Will you kindly alow mc a sma.M space in your newspaper re work- i men's trains on the He!ensville railway? For the past fortnight I have not been lable to obtain a seat in any second-class carriage, and. with a great many other workmen; have to stand on the platiorm. and sometimes can hardly find standing room on the platforms. As there are a great many boys and girla travelling by these trains, it is very dajigerous to everyone of them, as they are in danger of being pushed off, especially at Kingsland station, in the rush for the tram cars. The remedy is very plain—"put another carriage on" before there is an accident for which the Minister for Railways will have to be answerable in damages. The notice about not standing on the platforms is of no use, and I consider that the railway managers should be fined for overcrowding their carriages, the same as the Tram Company are fined for overcrowding theirs. If I take a seat in a firstclass compartment the guard tells mc to get out or pay the difference in fares; but never tries to find anj-one a seat in a second-class. If I stand on the platform of a first-dlass carriage I am. told to move on to the platform of a secondclass carriage. Now, I consider it is about time this sort of fooling was stopped.—l am, etc.,, PRO BONO.