RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 846, 18 June 1910, Page 7

RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

(QUEENSLAND AND NEW ZEALAND SYSTEMS COMPARED. Whilst on-his recent visit to Queensland,' Mr. Blow (Under-Secretary for Public Works) did a largo amount of railway travelling. In the course of a conversation with a reporter yesterday, . he stated that in most respects the railways in Queensland aro similar to .- those in. New. Zealand. As regards ' gauge, gradients, curves, and equipment there is practically ho difference between the two systems. In one regard, however, New Zealand has a ; distinct.advantage,-and that is in the ; use. of dining-cars. If one takes the sleeping-car train to tho north in Queensland one cannot fail to be im- ( pressed with the disadvantages which ! accrue'owing to.tho fact that no din- ; ing-car' is attached. Half an hour bc- ; fore breakfast all the passengers are called for breakfast, with tho result ' that they have all to dress simultaneouly arid struggle one with tho other for 'the right of precedence in the use of tho'ono washing "basin provided'in each car'. Twenty minutes are allowed' for ■ the meal; and as a rule twenty minutes ■ are sufficient:- When travelling, however, nervous passengers are so afraid that ' they may miss the train that they rush through the meal in ten minutes, with . tho result that an attack of indigestion may follow. In Now Zealand, on the other hand, the use of the dining- ' car enables passengers to get up when they like, eat when they please, and ' take as lone over the nica! as they care to. An additional advantage is that by - dining on the train it helps to while away the time, which might otherwise hang heavily on passengers' hands. i Touching, upon the speeds attained on ' the two systems, Mr. Blow ' remarked that there- was very little difference. Tho property of the la.te Mr. T. E. Cash, situated" three miles from Marten, lias been sub-divided into four convejiien-f ; farms, ranging in riz-e from 200 to-,'loo ' acres, and under instructions from the trustees, will bo offered at auction by Jlessrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., and ' Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., at Marten on Saturday, "July 10. Full particulars may bis obtained from the auctioneers. Mr. Herbert JSloy. teacher of artistic violin playing, inserts an advertisement notifying intending pupils that his sludio ' is at the Dresden Piano Company's buildings.