THOSE LATE TRAINS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 9

THOSE LATE TRAINS.

! Sir,— May'l be permitted to" ask .why the .1 . ferry steamer to Lytteltoncaiinot'bo'.delayed ] " until passengers by/the so-called boat or 1 mail trains! can got to'the wharf?. If-.these .' "■ grains are at' - all late' it is impossible to get 1 :' luggage-in time to catch the boat. Yester- 1 day the irain from New' Plymouth arrived at :1 : 7.50 p.m., and it was past 8 p.m. before lug- 1 \ gage was ; available, amidst' a> struggling i , : crowd. Then- after scrambling and rushing i , to the wharf the steamer had gone, leaving i 1 the■ writer with.a.;delicate wife and,; young i , child stranded, among others.. Many more 1 ■ never attempted to catch the boat, the only . concern apparently being for the mail., Could s • not- the Government arrange With .the Union • S.S. Company for its late.trains?—l :.ani,- 1 1 etc.'. ,; ' ■ ' '' ' '• ;' '. : '-- .-.-.■..'■•,.-:■ . ■■■: -■ ■■' ■■■ TIME-TABtE.. VICTIM.: : J ■ April 13.: : ; - ..-' ;."■•.. , '.-/..W ■■■■ r \ :," [Our correspondent's complaint.is a com- j mon one in recent times. The- position might be improved by a proper'labelling and sorting of the' luggage of through passengers', so as to provide for its speedy delivery on '■ arrival at Wellington.] ... ;. . ' , . ''