A VERY REPREHENSIBLE SPIRIT

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 86, 8 October 1920, Page 6

A VERY REPREHENSIBLE SPIRIT

The more one considers tho case of Trentham and its omission from the numerous (and far less important) stops of the Wairara.pa train, the more perplexing the thing appears. It seems to be explainable only on the basis that tho cart should properly precede the horse, that the carriages should drag, the engine, and thai birds should' fly backwards. Ii all these three things are right, theo the Railway Department's Trentham policy is undoubtedly right. Proceeding along this line otarfument, it would seem that, after all, the people of Trentham are a discontented, unreasonable lot. They make a great noise about ha>ving to send their railway par-™ eels from Wellington to Trentham via Upper Hutt, .but, if they could see it in a proper light, they are really very lucky. The Railway Department might just as well have insisted on sending the parcels round by Johnsonville, Palmerston North, Masterton, and the Rimutaka Incline. Despatch • via the Incline would have been an excellent idea, because it is one of the most economical and expeditious bits, of railway in the world, and it is a shame that all the New' Zealand railway freight is not compelled to go over it. Really, the Railway Department has a right to be surprised at its own moderation. Of course, Trentham still won't like it, but there is no accounting for tastes, and some people will never be satisfied.