THE POLITE CONDUCTOR.
: ' AND THE LOGICAL WOMAN. V ;, '■'■ At 'the." Kagrori Borough ■ Council' meeting last evening Councillor Standen, gav» an instance of the manner in which some, tram; conductors treat passengers who dls; agree with them. In this case a lady was travelling to Karori from the Government Buildings. ' She had.with hersomft luggage, 'payment 'for the carriage of wjiich tho conductor did not demand un-' til they were on the Karori line, and not on the city line. -This,being so, the lady rightly refused to pay/as she knew that, on- tho Karori line, conductors' had no right to : charge 'for. luggage. - The; con-, ductor, however, would not listen t6, her, and stopped the..tram. -Th«;rtOtoriMtt then got out and'leaned ogamst the fonce. Tho conductor then demanded that th« lady should'cither-pay.for her luggage Or. leave the «r.; • Bh«..»fnjed t> A° either. Thereupon tho .conductor took the luggage and threw it into,tho ing "Thero's' your luggage. Notw itlistandln* this the lady got out. NckecUP her'luggage. Blul again boarded tte tram,. IIAJUi still protesting * to reach her destination, sho paid for. her luggage. -''■ i- ■' . •'••-■ .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1672, 12 February 1913, Page 6
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180THE POLITE CONDUCTOR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1672, 12 February 1913, Page 6
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