RAILWAYS AND PASSENGERS.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17712, 16 May 1929, Page 9

RAILWAYS AND PASSENGERS.

(To the Editor.) : Sir, —So much is said of the service rendered to the public by our railways that the following account of an incident may be of interest to the Department and of some use to the public: This morning I was sitting in a car a few minutes before Die arrival of the Limited at Frankton, waiting for a friend. A taxi pulled up and discharged two ladies with the usual im- | pedirhenta of lady travellers—three big suit-cases and four other fair-sized packages. One lady went on to the station to find a porter; the other, after waiting a'few minutes, obviously anxious, commenced, to drag, not carry, the heavy luggage across the Lines on to the platform. The train coming in and no porters arriving, I gave the- lady assistance and carried tw r o heavy suitcases about 200 yards to the train. .My w'Hsts are still aching. One of the ladies, who were visitors to New Zealand, stated that they had the same difficulty at all the stations here. Now, I protest that it is not fair that travellers should have to put up with such inconveniences. Let the Department send some of their officers to England and the Continent and learn how the difficulty can be overcome, incidentally relieving unemployment to some degree.—l am, etc., F.D.P. Hamilton, May 15.