WARMERS ON NIGHT TRAINS

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23962, 1 June 1943, Page 6

WARMERS ON NIGHT TRAINS

a war on and that we must all be • fnr>£ ar iw* 0 sacrifices in some " ot unnecessary sacrifices. • Wednesday, May 12, a friend who • been visiting u s returned to Dun- ; edm on the 11.2 p.m. train. In a letter i £ c “ v ! d r ° m her since, she statedI that she and others had a very cold ; journey the heat having been cut off , “2 m meir carriage and probably ■ * e fu a s ,°‘. Jt was a v ery cold night. ! A n ° th , e ? f pe n d arrived from Dunedin / a J“ ® 0 dock last Saturday morning and t the same conditions prevailed. Several i passengers complained about the ab- > sence of heaters and passed censure on - the railway authorities. There may be 1 s °me plausible explanation for this state of affairs, and it would be interesting for the travelling public to be > let in on the secret.—Yours, etc 1 „ PLAIN COMFORT. May 25, 1943. i [The District Traffic Manager states the subject matter of the complaint was - referred to the guards of the trains • mentioned. It was stated no complaint 1 was made regarding the heating on 3 May 12, but on May 22 the guard rej ceived a complaint from a lady pasI senger. On examining the car he found it to be reasonably well heated, and

did not have to make any adjustment to the heating apparatus. There was rio reason why both trains should not have been well heated.]