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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 6, 21 January 1942, Page 2

Late Delivery The slowness of travel on the railways of New Zealand is sometimes the subject of criticism, specially by persons from ether countries where fast expresses run at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour, but a Christchureh man is telling the story of a train trip to Dunedin that beat the telegraph. He wired his relatives that he was going south on the express. Later, from Oamaru,. he sent another telegram telling them not to meet him. at the station as the train was 50 minutes late. He had reached Dunedin, gene home, washed and brushed up, taken a trip down to the city and was back home again, when there was a knock at the door late, at night. It was a telegraph messenger delivering his second telegram! He now says he has the answer to all criticism of the New Zealand railways.