ONLY A FLAG STATION
. ——«-4 —' TRENTHAM'S OFFICIAL RAILWAY , POSITION. "I would like to,call the attention of the Chamber to a little matter," said Mr. F. W. Manton at the conclusion of, the meeting of the Council of- the Wellington Chamber of Commerce yesterday' afternoon. "It is this—that the Railway Department ivill fcako no responsibility for goods sent'to Trentham, because 'Irentham is only a Aug station. Surely, in vioiv of the enormous quantity and value of the goods being sent daily, to Trentham, it is curious that, the placo does not rato more than a flag station! This means that thero la ho one in charge to -receive or hook gods, though they put a man out there' at time to sell" tickets as a convenience to tlio public. _ As the Department takes no responsibility, no claims' can', bo made aaginst it for losses. Yet all freight is pre-paid, and tho Department must be making a great deal or rovenuo. on freight to Trentham." It was decided that tho Department bo written to; on tho subject.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 7
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175ONLY A FLAG STATION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 7
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