MAIN TRUNK TIME-TABLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 8

MAIN TRUNK TIME-TABLE.

' TIRED TRAVELLER'S,VIEWS. ' -

(. ''"Tou;cannot come direct to; Wellington from!: EbtorutUby" "rail— than that,' you I '-tann'of 'ttake'va-:'decent ('connectioncoming; south'.(•; That, is' reserved' for: 'Allele. .visitor ; ' toNew Zealand's (.' Woriderlarid, . Eotorua.'.-.' Questioned (•; mor e''particularly; as :to how. the ■"services' : to 'Rotorna''were . arranged'- the (visitor- stated '(;bafc a through (traia 1 left Auckland for Eotorua every day at.lo. a.m.; and,(Eotorua .'for' Auckland at(9,30 a.m.;, Sundays excepted,' No' obj ection is made to,'that ana'ngembnt,' bit Auckland is ~ only one; (though . the nearest), cefitre,. and ; the. whole .'of . the resi-' (dents ' of ( the- Dominion, 'south". of.'Franktoh 1 -Junction -who .vint -Eotorua, are inconvenienced bythe absence ;of any conrieiition: witlr a .south'-bound--' train' at Frankton Junction. ('

~ 'Til :pve to' illus-' trite;'the'. manner ; in/"whicli' ■ 'southern, visitors ,tD;Botor^a^u^ I (jfnibUeed.'{ Going up .'(we . le'f t(' the.- train'' at f'Frankton •.; (to' proceed -to , Eotorua)'.' at A about: 3.30 ■in ■ ; the: ; morning,;(and found, :tb om,-(intense' no'traiiivtb/Ebto-, rua'vuntil "the:* express, v froih\ .Auckland' at. .something "'past; 1- • in'( ,: the', aftefhoon-t(,( a! vriit; (of- about, nine" (hours. '-.(On' th'q' returns journey we, decided (to (break'..the journey,;at,.jTaumarunui;: : : Ikying-Eoto-,' ruajiat ; 9.30 .':a.m.;( on:; Saturday;', last (-we • reached .Frankton ."'Jniictioii ''it about 2,pjn.< .-There'^e-'were'ftbfjoin^ Country 'express;'r. which" "only • proceeds: as far. south,as' Taumarunui; But' whilst ■we '■ weTe farewelling 'oiir friends ' on( the. -Eotorua train (Aucklandbound) - t(hisr lUng. Country flyer' (a slow, train) - slips, up to the platform and gets away with-. . out anyone ,on the 'other, side ,of ( the platform beiiig' any the 'wiser. 1 'Stranded( at Frankton .we had to. ways 'tuid (means' of. putting; in'time, until, the .Main .Trunk express' came along in the early' hours 'of "Monday,'." Wo'.went, back...to .Hamilton—a : mile away—in acoal train—stayed in 'that:'pretty.''arid, prosperous little town that .night and the next (day. '"At,; 11.30' p.'mv a,.'bus (called' at-the, hotel, , 'a'nii"convoyed''us,'.lialf (asleep, to Frankton, landing;;us; several,'.hundred (yards.-downltheiline^on the;opposite side. ;tb the ,6tatnqn;(at.'2s. a.'.head).; At length .•tho .express caihe'albng and we'commenced the-weary ride 'td' 'Wellington.-." I should explain (that 'even'' if, ,we!:.hnid caught (th'd 6low-train., tol, Taumarunui .on:, the Satur-. day,: afternoon we• would" Have : had, to'irise' "at 4.30 • a.m. on Monday to .-catch the express" i -'This' will .give Wellington'- and' southern' 1 (visitors • to( ; Eotorua' a slight idea- of what: -has■ tiv-be''endured -in ■ making (the 1 -joiirney; %:'.r.fiil;.;.frdm';'Eotorna- at'(the/, week-end. (On, (days (other than - Saturday t there is (a . wait at Erankton -Junction of ten (hours at least. ; Of .course there (is. the I,'alternative of. going right-'on : to Auckland and. joining, (the, (express: there;: but 'that- means a-goodideali of; extra/money.