Railway Dirtiness

NZ Truth, Issue 869, 22 July 1922, Page 1

Railway Dirtiness

l In view of the economy campaign — L it used to be the'war-^the'-Railway authorities are responding splendidly Ito the call, to do nothing. One of [ their omissions might be the failure to f run trains for the" convenience of the . travelling''public, 'but the inco.nveni- ' ence of time-tables is as nothing to the , inconveniences of the conveniences m the railway carriages. If private peri sons so offended- the olfactory senses of t their neighbors, the Public Health De- |" partment would be calling m the aid f of the law. If a private house were so | filthy, -so sickening, so foul, and so [ evilrsmelling m the matter of its con- | venierices, there would be an outbreak of diphtheria or worse. But the railI ways! They are different. No doubt, they are. The travelling public, wheI ther first or seoond class, whether Crownv Ministers or plain sons of toil 1 are entitled to,.,be protected aganist i this quite unnecessary risk of disease and > downright discomfort. The public are entitled to cleanliness, and prompt'and efficient attention should pc given to this eviL ■ m ■