DEPARTURE OF UNION COMPANY'S STEAMERS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — Your contributor, " Mercutio," writes relative to the rule now adopted by tho Union Company, of not permitting persons on board their vessels just before leaving except passengers. Now, although this rule does not appear, or did not a few months back, at any other port, Ido not think there would be so much grumbling if the rule were adhered to fairly. As an example of what is done, I may instance that on Tuesday last, having a relative leaving, I called with a lady for a pass at the office, but was sternly refused, the reply being, "Pass tickets are for passengers only." Reference was made, by my request, to the head of the department in the office in vain, however, the application being refused. Yet on proceeding down to the vessel a large number of persons, not relatives or passengers, were seen supplied with passes, one lady having several in her hand, and several favoured persons were allowed on board without tickets. It is this system of favouritism that rightly annoys the public, and the sooner this Company abolish it the less will the public complain. am, etc., Facts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9321, 26 March 1889, Page 3
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