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Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 14, 17 January 1924, Page 1

One evening recently a late special , was run from Dunedin to Invercar- I gill. When it was about due to ar- 1 rive at Gore (reports a correspondent) the station presented an unusually busy appearance for that time of the ; night (about 11 o’clock). All the taxis of the town were drawn up on the kerb and the platform had its usual patrolling body of Micawbers, Asquiths and Jack Pleasants, the ; bookstall was opened up ready for the rush, the railway porter trundled : an empty barrow up the platform to ; where the van :f a long express ; would stop, and shouted to his co- i worker: “ Bring* another—one will be no good ! ” An engine came snorting* j in from Invercargill to run the extra > down there from Gore and allow the , incoming* one to return to Clinton. Then there was the usual whistle, bell and expectant hush, and the . mighty carrier of rhe night thundered ever the iron way into the station, j Arid the sightseers beheld one engine, j behind the engine one carriage, in the j carriage one passenger —and they faded away so quickly that not one of j them could afterwards give any information whether there was any lug- J gage to put on the two barrows or j whether the solitary traveller averted j a civil war among the local taxi pro- I pvietors and walked.