TRAIN TRAVEL
Recently I was called away on serious business, boarded the train, and with many others spent over twelve hours on a hard floor, no seats being available. As I walked through I saw two elderly women lying in the vestibule, with doors opening on them as each person passed through the carriage, and men parked all over the place. On returning to my home I am not allowed to board the three o'clock express at Auckland, but have to catch an earlier train to connect with the express at Frankton and wait five hours there for the express, which I should have got on at Auckland, the excuse being "unless you have a reserved seat you cannot get on at the Auckland station," which, of course, is impossible to get, as the seats are booked up a month ahead. Is this fair treatment for womenfolk? DISGUSTED.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1944, Page 4
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148TRAIN TRAVEL Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1944, Page 4
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