THOSE TRAIN TABLES.
'.', Sir,r-The running, of trains up our West Coast for. some time. past" is nothing' lea than-a'disgraceful scandal to the Department:' 'At Eltham and -Stratford nearly: every . train l , throughout' - the - day 'is' anything from a quarter to three-quarters of an hour, later!' In fact, the natives there never'think:bf;going to.-thb" etation till a quarter of an lour after-the scheduled time, and : eveh then-with, the certainty 'almost'bf; having still a long: time to wait for - their'.train. .All the, satisfaction one gete.-frbin..the:guard '.is:'-''/'Oh,-':we shall pick this : up;' and. get to tho end of the journey: fairly punctual.". If-'these trains cannot'-be'"•■ run a; biti quicker,' and -the defaulters. hurried{-upV;a .'.bit'f-with' ; dynamite "or something, for goodness sake let the.,:"powefs'that -be" .put on the'time-table'a'half-hour or so{wait at'these mid•die stations; .{.and :let- usi have the time for 'a;bit.of-extra business, and know a' little .what .'we are about.—l am, «tdl;•. '• : • •:^'' : '^;^: : v-;::;.'^'^VV-- l ' v --- ! ' ; :V':' i" .C.T.' : 'i'. ; Stratford, January. 27. '■■'.■'■ •'■■■■■-;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 13
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155THOSE TRAIN TABLES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 13
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