To the Editor op the 'Evening Mail.'

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 55, 26 February 1876, Page 2

To the Editor op the ' Evening Mail.'

Sir,—l have one explanation to offer with reference to the slight delay which took place in the starting of the 11 a.m. train on the 23rd. I had to put on a carriage for the use of the cable staff, to whom the authorities in Wellington were anxious to show any courtesy in their power. No other carriage in the train was reserved. While anxious to give all the accommodation to the public in my power, and whilst I fully recognise their right to ali the attention which my staff can bestow, I must point out that the safety of the line depends upon the rules being properly observed. These rules have been made after very careful consideration, and are as much biuding on the officials as on the public, and leave the manager no option but to enforce them to the extent of his power. Believing that most of the public would rather assist than obstruct, and believing in the advantages of temperate criticism by the press of all the public conduct ot* public servants, I have no wish to escape just remark, but only to offer the above explanation. I am, &c, Gio. Ashcroft.