Behaviour on Railcar

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1946, Page 2

Behaviour on Railcar

[TO THE EDITOR.] Sir,— Regarding a letter in the columns of Friday’s issue of the Evening Star complaining of unseemly conduct on a railcar on the previous Friday evening, I have this to state. I was a passenger on that railcar and saw no disorderly behaviour whatsoever, unless indulging in a quiet game of cards is deemed to be annoying to anyone in neighbouring seats. As to smoking on the Friday night car, if the writer signing himself “A Christian” would care to make inquiries he would find that one section of the railcar was for non-smoking passengers, and, if he could not avail himself of this compartment, then it was due either to bad judgment on his part or perhaps an uncontrollable desire to create mischief. The only bad behaviour I witnessed on that cifr was that of what I would term a pair of religious cranks who endeavoured to force their beliefs on to thoroughly bored fellow passengers, namely, the card players. In conclusion, may I add that the guard of the car, had he seen some unseemly behaviour, would most assuredly have remedied matters immediately, and, if “A Christian” had a genuine complaint, why did he not make it to the guard of the car instead of choosing a round-about way. through anonymity in the press. Yours, etc., FR eejjoM PLEASE. Wallsend, Sept. 16. . . _