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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 245, 17 July 1928, Page 14

The Dunedin police force has proved itself most tolerant in the attitude it adopts in regard to student revellers. However, at least one frolicsome youth was given a bit of a fright the other day by a big man in blue (says the Dunedin “Star”). Disguised as a highwayman, the student was having a high old time challenging all and sundry at the point of a revolver. At first the police officer, who was hard by, thought the weapon was a top—a water spouter, or a fancy automatic cigarette case; therefore he did not interfere. By and by he grew suspicious, and making a closer inspection found that the revolver was the “real Mackay,” a little five-chambered weapon. The bold, bad villain has been made to realise the seriousness of his offence, and his firearm now rests in peace at the police station. Standing in a central position, Dunedin is able to form an opinion from observation as to the traffic by the night railway service between Invercargill and Christchurch; therefore, although no oiUcial or statistical utterance is yet made as to whether these expresses are or arc not paying, it can be seen that the patronage is steady, and showing no sign of reduction or irregularity (says the “Star”). Add to this important quality of constancy that travellers who have made use of the service praise it highly as to comfort as well as situability, and there is ground for the hope that’as soon ns the cold and dark season is over the traffic will considerably increase.