RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3120, 28 June 1881, Page 3

RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

[TO THB EDITOR OF THE DAILY TeLEGBAPH.J Sik, —I very roucb dcubt if the alteration in the railway time-table, that came into operation to-day, will either conduce to the convenience of any of the residents along the line (except those belonging to Hastings or Farndon), or induce any satisfactory feeling towards those who have made the alteration, in the rr.inds of the tradespeople of Napier. I have not got the time-table before me, and may make a slight mistake as to time— if so, please correct me—but if my memory serves me right all residents along the line (save those at Hastings and Farndon) have to get up half an hour to an hour earlier, and only arrive in town about twenty minutes earlier than usual, namely, 10 36. They then have only three hours and a-half till one o'clock to do all their business and make their purchases. Prom one till two must naturally be devoted to lunch, and at three o'clock the train starts for home, leaving them a bare half-hour to collect and look after parcels, &c. The consequence, as I take it, will be this : that our country customers, will find when they come to town that there is not sufficient time for them to make the purchases they require, and will have to stop in town all night. This in a number of cases cannot be done, which means their not coming to town at all — equally hurting the railway and the tradespeople of Napier,—while those who have to come will not have sufficient time to purchase, and go away witb only half the purchases they meant to procure—all the better for the country stores. I think, Sir, it is about time we had a town member to look after Napier interests in more ways than one, and I don't know that, instead of one member for the town, and two for the country, two members for the town, and one for the country, might be the best. Hoping you will not send this letter to our present members at Wellington for fear of their taking custom to that city,—l am, &c, Tradesman. Napier, June 27, 1881.