Railway Accidents.
The holiday traffic was at its height. Platforms were-piled with passengers, portmaTvteaux, and packages ; porters were pocketing pennies grudgingly bestowed by, parsimonious personages, and pandemonium wa» c-\erywih«ere prevalent. Also, of course, trunks were being- remorselessly banged about, while theic owners looked mournfully on. Suddenly the stationmaster appeared, and accosted one of the most vigorous of the baggage-bashing porters. "Hit" he cried. "Wlbat do you mean, by throwing thoae trunks about like that? " The passengers pinched themselves. They were all awake. "Can't you 'see," continued the stationi master angrily, " you're' making big dents : in the concrete platfocra? " r And then the passengers wished they , hadn't pinched themselves. Of course, tixey ' were awake t
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Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 87
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114Railway Accidents. Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 87
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