IN PRAISE OF OUR RAILWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 8

IN PRAISE OF OUR RAILWAYS.

As a constant traveller, and one of ths soil. 1 have been nailing for an abler pen 1.0 express appreciation of the immense improvements in the new i)j«. of passenger car protided by the Hallway Depart menu 1 refer 1.0 1 ,f ' ,u htx <" far 1 haw travelled m marT

countries where u:ih U . gaujrei. of railway .-Xif-l. and 1 icniure to say that for a narrow gauge sn. h as ours t hi* m-w type of car row par.- more than favourably with anv other in any pan of \ , H - wot id. under the 'same re-

-Iricted conditions due to gauge. The comfort of ihe traveller has )„.,.„ considered

alrcst lo the last detail in the de luxe carr:*gc. 1 say f or 1 n <. r ,. BMIT | thai, if ° n! \i Ihe "J ll4 "'' provided could tinkle in Morse io 1]„. attendant joj a "wop drip of ihe cratu. wnh a da-h of soda" find the concession pranU-d. then vcrilr the last derail in one * comfort would have Wn studied. The l.ailway Dqurtinfni i* to be complimented on the way it is tackling the question of transportation on the passenger side, and considering the small margin within which the engineer is able to exercise hi* mg-enuilv. J take my hat off to the designer of the de luxe car whoever he mar be, TftAVTiLLEIL