Invalided Troopers

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1915, Page 3

Invalided Troopers

. *. AND .FAKES ON RAILWAY. Mr \\. id. Fie-ld, M.r. lor Liiib eieo iurulu, id in receipt >ui the following loiiteir from the (Minister lor Railways ;— iload Office, Wellington, 22nd July, l'Jl.;. *sir,—With rolerence to your letter ol" 2Uth int>L, respecting the conveyance of iuvalicled troopers by rail from Wellington to Auckland, 1 Have the honour to inform you that there is no foundation whatever lor the statement that invalided troopers were compelled to pay their lares lor the journey from Wellington to Auckland. As a matter of fact the men were granted orders for tickets bv the Defence De-

uiueis lur uciveis oy me .ueieuce uvpartment and that Department has ; been debited with the value of the lares. 1 understand that four men joined the train without exchanging their orders for the usuul railway tickets, and were requested u.y the guard to pay Gd each which represents tho line usually inflicted on passengers who join the train at a booking station without lirst obtaining a "ticket. It was not, of course, intended to ciilorce this regulation in the case of the returned troopers. —I have, etc., W. H. HURRIES.