FOOD ON THE RAILWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 7

FOOD ON THE RAILWAYS.

' :ibrrispbndent/ •:;.;:,;; : {ne>.Gpyerpment; retcenchment:;'proposals' on fi'r.rp.uiA' railways ;'.threaten : tp/develop fgasfronbmical :''-■; a:the v'trayelling public;; , ;Ih:; : : ':;:.:;the days'ofi.the. .MahfLwatu-'Jlaiiway iCbmpaiij :l' : :;':.::J ne -' co wdi.alßays,obtain.-:tsO .;'egga:at-breakfast .; now, 'alas,';that .supply. has.beeri.. : retowards v -..'.; Sir;Joseph■.■y7ard's.famous'phdhtom.'3. : pef cent. U'--: :Pph^'^lu3/mormn^:(Nbvenibbr^2)-li'asked :i;.;j :-: ipr^rniyand;the ; attendant:informed me that .;■■: :>.- iruit■ atbreakfast time :had gone by the bo'ard.ri jiWise.infprfficd , tliat.:if^Lurank:bnly:a : /.W.i' c jPi.P f wojild ■-'.■he, a .;f C i Vi. .'.ynth my ,-morning;. tcattheVchargewould bb-Od.,' :;...;■ instead :of;6d^a: : rise: of. 50 ; per: cent. ■:■'.':'' ::.-;! r'Mh-.orders a'-.'squaro'- : ';: r f> on, ; thb-'passenger'j trains .'carrying. ::?;,. ; dining.:.carsKthe ; :hungry/traveUer-Has to •' at- ■■ j, tack-each'item ;of,'.tho;bill7pf ,farer'otheryise .;:•.;■ BUppUeS t bomg servedupori:such'-a microscopical ;.:■,;>,■■ basis,, the :passenger,iu;bfdiriary;circumstances' -v:;:-': still-ieel,a\strarige;.vacuum paying ;r.-V:•:■; his :two.:shilhngs;' On one of the eectioiis, when A ■: lamb: after: disposing 'of ..;-V. as.if ;;I:were,.endeavouring-'to ; ruin Sir' Joseph's ■ : ,-i::; 3,;per;:cent.;.pohcy;'by , ;coricerted' gastroiiomical ■-v v-*- ttra Y?eance,;and whon.'itlie'order.was' executed' :'?;■■» WX-oi lamb was -.almbst* ttosparent-' I ::^: ; ::will:say,:however:,:that ; whattbbre>is bf ittha : ■■'¥ ■ f °W '- •bread '.:■■! •■'. a?d ;DOtter,.remiiids;;,one^painfully; of .the low, ;, v.diet• proposals',practised in^.the'-hospitals."'Vt;<?v i-i" which" one. '■■,'iV.::P^e'^?e n: ,WP»»fiB--on' ; :toe-''ranways,'-'l'i'niay. ;.;y-b".ji>erm!tted;;to;;enter''a;;pfbtest : against', some '■■'f- . : :'?;.v t ° 6 , m WJPiS : ; appear. r tb bo: ;;:•;:the^rulO;:atl,suveralVrailway:pifttforra :/ restavl-;.:;,-;:vraiits.;Meat pies aro-uot'mpntioned-in the rflil- ;. ■■. ; way' schedule; consoniiently. there, is a.difference ; ■.:■ ;".:c.u«i,tnq..charges: for practically 1 the' same : sort of. ; y, goods.', ; i.or,,instance,;'at;bnq -refreshment-room '■ ' •. l. ; ya3 ciarged.'sixponcaVfor α-pie;- whioh : :also ':■:•:■■ contamedthe. boiled ..rehiains' of -an adventurous :/::'■ \-'fly> whereas in;other'.;Tppms;the price.was'only -:;? 4 fturpencey andithreepencs, viwithout ■>'■■ the:' flyv /:v : ; . I Then/againy; i :6ome;,pi:the;pies apparently : are; ,-■:"''j-built ■on.;:the.i.;ferro:cbncrete-steel-iramed-eaith- '.;,;,. ::qnake-proof.;prmcip!e; 'and entrance -to. .them is ■ ,;,.;oniy ..possible T to f very;;muscular passengers. This w; : .business;has;pained.fme(for/some ; time.'- , ;

A lady who 011 Monday travelled with a child by the first southern 6xpress.from Christchnrch -eems to have discovered that on the refreshment cars on that'lino also there is room for improvement,;, "The dining-car," sho ,writes to a relative in this city, "was horrid. The attendance'was so'had, and the waiter didnt bring me'tea There isn't a boll, of course, and he wouldn't , hear mo call Mm as he passed. It was hot, .'and tho seats are very uncomfortable. Twos very disgusted. The fish was very nice, but when I, ordered tongue it was bad,-so I nto the potato only, I couldn't get my tea, and I decided that I could not wait in.the heat. . ,It is always hot in the dining-car, nnd I therefore asked the waiter to give me a ticket, and complained of tho delay. He was .very impertinent . . . I had to visit the car again for - afternoon tea, os there _ wasn't anywhere olso to go to, and though I was ' this tinic treated 'properly, I wished there was an opposition establishment, s i