"TOO STRONG."
* i NOT PERSONAL LUGGAGE. Complaint ha- beem made recently, j that the Railway Department has • ! charged for small articles carried by I ! passengers on the ground that the arti- I . cles are not properly personal luggage. ; | Mr W. H. Field -'Otaki; referred in the j , House of Representatives to a report j I that .-ehoo! children returning from j school had been churned excess 6n I i loaves of bread and pound- of butter, j j which they were carrying for their par- ; 1 ents.. He thought that this effort to increase the revenue of the Department : ! v.-e-a "a little too strong." Ordinary ! discretion should be uaed by the otiicers. The Minister of Railways (Mr Oathrie) said he had not heard the com- ! ! plaint before. School children were j carried free on the railways, but they ■ wer<-- not entitles to u.ke luggage with them. ■ Mr Field: Not a pound of bntterl Mr Guthrie: "It does not matter if j it is a pound of butter or a rem of : ' cheese. A rule has to be enforced." ! The Minister added that he did not knovr that any officer of the Depart- j ment would search ■<-, child's scho<*lbag. | He woiild have inquiries made.
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Otaki Mail, 6 September 1922, Page 2
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