CENTENNIAL TRAIN
Sir. —Is there an explanation for the use of the Holland-Goosman centennial train on the Christchurch to Timaru Sunday excursion? Is it the Minister’s idea of giving passengers a centennial treat? If so. I for one did not appreciate it on Sunday last. <Express carriages were used until recently.) Not only was the scat hard for a three-hours and 40 minutes trip, but the toilet facilities of the carriage in which my seat was reserved were marked “out of order.’’ I would be prepared to pay the second-class fare of either of the two Ministers if they would accept the oiler to take the trip. I could assure them that the degree of comfort enjoyed would be considerably less than that of the “sunerduper” ministerial cars in which they now ride, but which were once the target of the same gentlemen s'criticism.—'Yours, etc., R L.M, Oct. 30. 1950.
I “There are good and sufficient reasons why the centennial service carriages are used on the ChristchurchTimaru trains.’’ said the District Traffic Manager of the New Zealand Railways at Christchurch <Mr W. A Breach). “If ‘R.L.M.' would care to call on me, they will be explained to him.’]
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26261, 4 November 1950, Page 3
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