IS THE PUBLIC PAMPERED?
TO THE E—TOR. Sir,—lt is quite easy to criticise. Many people find it particularly easy to criticiso our railways and the facilities afforded the public at Christmas time. I wonder what experience tlie people who rush to the papers to decry their own have had of travel abroad? The complaint at present seems to be that there is too much. tiresome waiting in queues at the central booking office in Willis-street for reservations. Can any of the complainants tell me of any other country where they have been able to obtain railway reservations for excursion trains at excursion rates? I have travelled a good deal in many countries, and, barring the disadvantages of our narrow gauge, I have little faidt to find with our system here or its running, so far as tho convenience of the public is concerned. The whole trouble in respect to the holiday booking is that in reserving seats too much is attempted by the management. Tho public is pampered in regard to State affairs. Those who grouse at not being able to run up to the booking office and secure -a reservation right away will wait quietly for an hour outside a theatre door in a queue or at the totalisator window.—l, am, etc., REASONABLE. 22nd December.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 8
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216IS THE PUBLIC PAMPERED? Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 8
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