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Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1754, 30 September 1899, Page 4

A correspondent writes :— ls it any wonder that busiues3 men and the general public find fault with our railways when it takes nearly two i days to go from Dannevirke to Fox- | ton, a distance of 55 miles and return. lltis a fact that because the train from Foxton arrives at Palmerston at 5.23, just 13 minutes after the train has left for Woodville aad Dannevirke, you must stay in Palmerstoa for the night and cannot get back to Dannevirke before 3-20 the following day. About 150 couples, including a large number of Europeans, were present at the social held at the Tahoraite meeting house on Thursday evening. The dancing wasinterspersed with songs and Native dances, the latter given by a group of Maori girls, and the majority of those who attended didn't go home till morning. At Dannevirke Police Court yesterday morning, before H. M. Ries and M. Henderson, Esqs., J.'sP., Thomas North was charged with having usea insulting language to E. W. Strong. Mr H. M. Blakiston appeared for informant. After hearing the evidence of the parties to the case and of J. Dawson and A. F. Dittraer the Bench came to the conclusion that filthy language had been used by both sides, and dismissed the case, remarking that in future charges of a similar nature would be differently dealt \xr\lrYt