PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —Enclosed you will find an excess ticket obtained from the railway people, dated 9th May. You will see by it that we country people are made to pay at times more than ordinary charges for our small packages. Now and then, say once a year, the railway porters enter the carriages on a Saturday night (Winion train) and demand payment for packages that are conveniently put under the seat. On the Saturday night I complain about the passengers were all made to stand up in
order to let all the parcels be seen. This is an improved method. , In former times if the gudeman could get a bag of sugar, a bandbox or any household goods put under the seat, the ‘ old woman ’ placed herself bn top of them, and all was safe. Had Laban of old come via Invercargill and got the assistance of a railway porter, his stolen goods would not have escaped. On the 9th inst. one man came off worse than I did—for two small tins he had to pay Is each. Seeing we have no redress, for the future we will have to go to town with our traps. Yours, etc., Passenger.
Z [We note from the ticket left by our correspondent that the package , for which he was charged contained some chaffcutter knives. It is true that the package could easily have been placed under a seat, and it is also true that one of the paragraphs in the Railway Time Table dealing with fares and regulations states thatV no luggage will be allowed to be taken into the railway carriages unless it can be placed under the seat without inconvenience.’ But another paragraph states that ‘ personal luggage is confined to that which is personal to the passenger and carried for his personal use or convenience when travelling from one place to another, as also tourists’, sportsmen’s, or artists’ gear ; it does not include household furniture, provisions, or other merchandise.’ From this it will be seen that the officials were only carrying out the regulations on the occasion in question.— Ed. S.O.]
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Southern Cross, Volume 4, Issue 8, 23 May 1896, Page 10
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354PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE. Southern Cross, Volume 4, Issue 8, 23 May 1896, Page 10
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