THE PUBLIC AND THE RAILWAYS.
Sir,—Wo have an imported i General i Manager for our railways, engaged at ; a salary of many hundreds of .pounds j per annum. Yesterday: I wanted " a j ticket to travel to Plimmerloji, and i had 'to apply at. three different win- ; dows beforo T fmally sot what'.l want- \ ed.' This is merely a sample of the -way I our railways arc conducted. Hot" long' ; will it be before the railway facilities ■ curtailed during the war are restored to the pre-war standard? Beforo tho war thoso - facilities were not too lib- j oral, but lately I The Postal Department has already -restored. many con- j veriionces removed in war times. Why ! cannot the Railway Department"do 'the >' same? Is the Minister of Railways ' asleep or at-Rotorua?' Has the Gen- j .era! Manager gone to tho Peace Con- j ference?—l am, etc., < PUBLIC CONVENIENCE. ; ; j January 23, 1919. _ 1 [Tlie Railway Department is liandi- i capped at the present time by shortage j of hands and by scarcity of coal.] i
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 7
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174THE PUBLIC AND THE RAILWAYS. Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 7
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