THE RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 2

THE RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

.; Sir,-"The new time-table Tias proved ,d ghastly, failure. 1 It is a;matter for prof ' found regret that the peoplo" should be 1 compelled* to- tolerate what' . they v/ieTer; , asked fur,' what .they" loudly, protested " agaiiist , before'it came into force/ and - ynftt they still' strongly. object t0.,, - But r what can they do? The whole matter « seems to be in the hands, of one man,' and : he. seems to take little heed of the übijf versal' request -to '.. restore the original g time-tablo. Traffic is. falling off, people a are throwing up their letter-boxes whole' • sale,' the public have to pay'double c&l) - hire. for. late arid early attending, and. ? we, have, no Wellington newspapers until !* all hours. As a matter of fact, the trail! h. nearly always arrives , half an hour later *• than it should according;to. time-table, it The :increase in , the fares, will probably i, mban'a loss instead of a' gain in revenue. . In any case, long distance travejlors are -. 'isititled'io. a concession just:as a buyer of j> a quantity of anything gets a.concession. Would we, have had afif this uproar if _ Mr.'?3?owlds had been Minister -for- Hail-, e waysP. I say No, He has given - conI.' . cessions in his ' own Departmentj free ■ Behool books, free education in Secondary 7 branches. stand ■as> » ' monument' to his " capable, administration: itnd to his demo- ® cratic'principles, In conclusion, I may s. say that many, of the Hastings merchants; . get their goods, by road from Napier at' a ,1 saving of. about 20 per cejit., though the: s .distance by rail is twelvefmiles.'and by t road, fourteen miles,, arid Yearns of. horses' with : their , great sweltering' loads, are to 7 be. seen- daily wending:their way along. ? from the'port to Hastings. ..The thing .'is preposterous, and I appeal to otliors, to }- Join in'trying to get rid'of the, present' k iniquitous; time-table which is causing so " Inuoll. inconvenience and loss ou every ' hand.—l am, etc., / : " HASTINGS BUSINESS MAN, ,