SUNDAY TRAINS
' ' TO THE JSDITOS. ' ■ , I Sir, —In regard to the train services. being' reduced, "I would like to point out a few facts re same. I do not mind the services being reduced during the week, but why could there not .be trains on Sunday?, I. think it is a shame, as there are men leaving; here in honour of the country,' and going away .to fight for us. There are more men coming in every month to go through their training, and I think the Government ought to consider the men to a certain amount, it being hard enough for them haying their me"ans of conveyance by rail cut out and only having two ttrains per week. Surely the Government could allow at least two trains of a Sunday to allow the soldiers' relatives and friends to g6 out as far as Trentham Camp to. visit them. If this cannot be done, I-would like to point out one- more fact to you. The soldiers are all iinxious for a weekend in town, and some go in with a very small amount of pocket, money. They cannot afford to pay 8s or 9s for meals and a bed and wait for the Monday before they go back. Why can't accommodation be made for them in the barracks? That is a matter* that ought to be studied.—l am, etc., IN FAVOUR OF A SUNDAY./ TRAIN. 23rd April.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1917, Page 2
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237SUNDAY TRAINS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1917, Page 2
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