CURTAILMENT OF TRAINS
MEETING OF PROTEST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christcjuirch, May 2!). The curtailment of the railway service between. Lyttelton and Christchurch has caused undue delay to shipping by reason of the fact that work ends at six o'clock, owing to there being no late train tn enable the waterside worker.?,'.most of whom live in Christchurch and suburbs,' to get back home if they work after that hour. The limited service also has had n hampering effect on the business lifs of the community. Representations to the Railway Department and Ministers having had no result, a nul.lic meeting of protest was held to-day, the gathering being a large and renresentotivp one. A motion was carried calling upon the Government to immediate!; - restore certain night train?, and an influential denotation was appointed (o proceed to Wellington in the erent of a satisfactory reply not being forthcoming.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3097, 30 May 1917, Page 6
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145CURTAILMENT OF TRAINS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3097, 30 May 1917, Page 6
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