CORRESPONDENCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 June 1930, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE

RAILWAY DEFICIENCIES

[TO THE EDITOR.]

Sir, —As a constant traveller on our West Coast railways, there is nothing I enjoy so much as a glance at my evening paper, but apparently I am to be denied this pleasure, as the Railway authorities appear to be on a campaign of rigid economy, so far as lighting their carriages are concerned. To travel now on the trains after sunset is likened to a Russian being exiled in Siberia. While in the middle of reading your paper, or writing up orders you are suddenly left in the dark, and when you are lucky enough/ to get a light, a candle by comparison would be streets ahead of same as with the . spluttering and dancing up and down, a visit to an optician would only be a matter of a short time. Surely if the apology they now have for lights is not a success, would it not be better for the powers that be to go back to the old kerosene lights for then we might have at least a light. To have to place your boot or bag against the door to keep out the icy breezes that blow on the western side of the Alps does not altogether make for an even temper, especially in the winter months, just because a lock fails to hold the door fast. The slogan, Travel in Safety and Comfort, hardly applies. Safety, there might be, but comfort is certainly a thing of the past. I am etc., — YEARLY TICKET.