LIMITED EXPRESSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20628, 29 July 1930, Page 9

LIMITED EXPRESSES.

TE AWAMUTU COMPLAINT. CLAIMS AS A STOPPING PLACE. [r»Y TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONOKNT.] TE AWAMUTU, Monday. .U a mooting of tlio Te Awamutu hianch of the Now Zealand Farmers' Union the president, Mr. A. Hanna, slated that representations had been made for some time j ast to ensure the inclusion of To Awamutu as a stopping-place for 1 lie limited Main Trunk trains on both tho northward and southward journeys, but particularly the one. from Wellington, which now passes through To Awamutu at. between 6.50 and 7 a.m. If tiiis train stopped at To Awamutu for two minutes it would not materially lengthen the journey between terminals, but it would enable passengers from this town and district «•-> visit Auckland and return in the one day without having to catch a train at 3.30 a.m. Tito refusal by tho department was based on the statement that it thei concession were mado to lo * • » similar concessions would made to Te Kuiti and Gliding n d ho inclusion of the three new stoppingplace's would defeat tho object ot tho ••limited", trains. However, said Mr. Hanna, it was a fact that lately the limited trains had been stopping at Feilding. although there had been little or no publicity about it He thought Feilding was already better served with trains than Te Awamutu or 'Jo Kuiti.

It was ilecidofl to call tin? attention of the Minister for Itaiiways, the Hon. W. ,\. Veitfh. to the injustice done to Te Aftumutii by conipariaou will Feilding.