RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
::;-.: v.. TO THB/BDITORY ,: ■'.-.■•■ Sia.^Asl-knowypu aro always -ready to expose a wrong -or adypcate aright, I must ask permissipftr to'trespas,; upon ybur;valu.able space, and I will' endeavor to W as possible^ T: was a 'traveller from Welbugtpn to ITpxtbn: ih^ the Stonhbird today, and-^after traiwietirig some business in Foxton Irpresented' niyselfi aisebmptoied by Beverol'f rieMs£6h the railway piatform, and ' ! asked thestetienrmaster (Mr. Hickscn) for a ticket. He aUowed%e to plaee my pack- * age* in the carriage, but refused to give mo a first-class ' ' ticket,- saying I ; was'; drunk. Now, Shv had this been ' J t_fl» ease, it was his' duty to have: ordered^e: off the' platform at once, vinstead of ■ allowing iue tolplace my luggage^ in the carriage, a railway ofhcial is allowed to stand 1 on the plat%m^and Vofer a" direet;insult tb^ . any of the travellingvpubiic; it is sbmethiiig ?f* SK 1 ? 6 Tf Mr. Hicksori- desires to •refute 7 this statement,! am 'prepared ''with- the signatures of half a" dozen -respecteble gmtlerheh,' ambbg them the Captain and purser of the Stormbird, who shook htods.With me on the departure of the trainyeach one of whom will testify as to my conduct throughput. ' I have,'-«_c., .-■ _i' :: , ; '' : yy-.-- ; : Bbnj. Pepper. Pwmerstoi^ April _*9i 1879.,, '
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 37, 3 May 1879, Page 3
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204RAILWAY TRAVELLING. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 37, 3 May 1879, Page 3
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