TRAVELLING IN STYLE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 10

TRAVELLING IN STYLE.

•'.: oTHB.ACTINGtjPHEMIER AND HIS / :?<:;;- j'.!.. 1 - ; .'.'.'suite. .■:•.■>;' V ..v . ',• Sir,—Now that .a. section- : of tho public aro interestingthomsolvcs/in ■' Native matters, I wish,- "run' Dominion, to. call their' attention, to an incidpnt- of recent occurrence. Whon. tho, Auckland express .was* leaving tlie: Thorjidon station last Saturday, it, was* noticed, that'attached ''to .tho' train ■was'tho\olabOTately : fiHed : carrjagOj.and occupying it werq.Mr! Carroll and. four;or..nve other Natives, One of the Natives was, I boljeyo, Mr."Wi Pere, M.L.C. .As .well .patronised—tho; smoking; carriage was crowded, soveral, men .'sitting,on the. arms .-'of ,tho'. seats, while 'enjoying/ilieir i pipes.., Yet .these half dozen• iS\^tivo'; : :g'eritlemeEVw.ero; : givdn,;a luxurious carriage all' tb-'themselvos. 'l'hcri at lunch time there, was.:thb;'u'sual<rush .to, tho dining car, and d number.of tbp'passeiigors had to wait .their turn'in- tho ;phssages. while .otbora y.'ore hastily Vsw'allpwing the.. eatablea pro-.; vided,. but, 'lo.and behold, a tablo,was -kept . unoccupied until •'it-'>siiited"""the- Nativo lords' of;-.the\spii to:'honour/-.the/dining!.'oar .with, their presence. .:» L ; ■".■>*.'.■:',•.!'. ...•'-,.'■.,■ - t '.-■■'•: :";:But ; . that .was not'ail..',' Somowhoro. in, tho, .ear.lyi'hours' ; <)f;the'morning,.;wheii the ordin-' ary; ; .fraY.6lJers.'were, rriostjy; frying hard-to got some;.: rest,' if riot sleep, tho train, stopped ; at a small; station'iii the King Country,, and,' ' :thore : seemed-/to bo 'quite,.a'quarter of,' an hour's! jarririg. and,bumping whilo -tho,special, .carriage with, its occupants'i'was'- shunted on to a-sidhig, no doubt in readiness'for their' . • retufhi j.can assure'youj'Sir.'.Editor, there. ; Woi'o ['expressions iiust.tlieii'. v'Not loud,' but deep,; and.;'scarcely 'fit;,for .'your columns, on. . thop'art .of/the'down-trbduen Anglo-Saxons.. Tho,;'assertivoriess .of 'tlie..Natives .was, per- ; haps, emphasised by tho'f actf that; Mr. .'Mas-. scy was a passenger , ; to, Auckland by .tho Bamo'.'tr'ain.'. The' Leader 'of. r 'the.Opposition had ' his meals' with''tho' j dther. passe-hgersY lij'b".' ■ smoko'iri: tho' smoking ear, chattod-with'his': and'didnof. seem', a't' all arix-', tolct all'his fellpw-passerigers' know that ; ho', was- aii'M.P., 'or. 'that' ho was abovo associating;, vi'itli .'them..'"New Zealanders have, iri. tho , past; been accused of • suffering 'from ''swelle'd;'hea'd;" but Kthink .'iiow.'th.at for meekripss'and caoh and. every: e-ho of 'thavEurope'ari' population' should.; be : prcseritbd'with'a leather'mcdal.—-I''aui, : 'otc.,- ! "".'-*\i 1-,'i.-- : >.>-".";/;•:■■ ■% v.:';;,,TRAyELLEE;' ■ / j August :-3. ; ;,; ,■, '.'.- -■:;/,;''.;,;.'/,;':.:,.;; : - 1; ':';• :; / ,