RAILWAY ANOMALIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 5

RAILWAY ANOMALIES.

~ ; from : the disastrous .ailurei oilctlie;-'.' timetable,.-: now; in \ vogue,- of;' rather,'supposed'to be in vpgue;, fer in-: deed: one.; cannot tell hour, dr.;two. when , ;jthe.":,'priricipal.{'. trains! are here^the.niail^train'■.generally, arrives in Napier'soine,-time between ten past ,nine and: eleven, o'clock at night—there : are idiotic, discrepancies in the. fares.;-.' 1?or, instance,::the distance'froin'.Hastings .to : Napier:. is '■ 12 , miles,- !'all? level,' "and; the . second-class fare is Is.' 2d.: single and' 2s. i4d.';return, a most..excessive'.charge.bev tween' j:wp large L and important centres: I "ask your! readers to:' compare' this with ■ the'fares charged from' Wellington to ,the Huitj, or;!if .the. four-centres theory is to bejused/'Mmpare.it'with: the-charges from Invercargill and '.a;similar distance, .and there is;a.difference of nearly half.., .The' thing-is[.preposterous.•■"•'Why "does .partment ■ differentiate:-iri:.'their' fares: in: 'different^places?'.^What;is ;the Minister. .doing? -i-He.'.is;certainly riding for ;a fall.' A correspondent-of a. NapicT .paper! sug : gests; a'-public ; meetings and a subscription tp.!buy. : him a toy engine that;runs in: !circles .to.play.-with, and.leave.the country's'':railways';al6ne. The .recent change, in the'time-table."was such a' foolish move: as to.'warrant.the'severest criticism',and,' apart from this,- the fares and freights be-, .tween. Hastings: .and -Napierj are: se'high .that;the:roads;can;knpck'spots out.'of • tie railways.^l.: am,: etc/-::':!:•>:!?,-\ lr '■;•■.; ';'i^cess;Stxeet,.H^&gs^January 17. ;