FAST THAMES TRAINS

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13935, 14 July 1919, Page 1

FAST THAMES TRAINS

63 MILES IN SEVEN HOURS. | UNWORKABLE TIMETABLES. I ' The oanifußiiciini arising, fi^ofna itihe au'ltaiiLmeai't of the' ta'aansi seeams (to be riajpiidly iniareoisiing',. says the Hamdlitow ooa-respioindenib ol tihe Auakliand SitorThe timieitiaibles aa-e noit; beting kept dA> all. Yestea'day tiho Thaanes itlraan Itook iPW leWs tham sevent' hoiuaia tot aoimie from thie mtiniiing 1 cieaKtaie to Franikitian. lib was a weaiiisiounei jowney, '.and tihe biitltiea 4- cold addled 'tioi its. discomforts. A sftlart AVas miado fro-m Thames aife 4 p.m. At eacli ldittl'e' sifcaitiioa a, stoip was made, amd: tihe emgiiie rani lup a(iid down on the isidings, lajpparenitly to keep iltlselt". warto. Wagonis of all descnriiptiioins wea-e iaddcd~ tioi tihe rtaradri!, till the toifel .numiber wa® fneiairiy a hundred. Tihe comforti of tlie 'passengers was rstot ooimsiidered iin: any way, an.d wo■mien 'amid cfcilda'^n &tian ieM> tile 'ooli keeiniy.' Coimv;ealsia(tiioin in the carriages :beicaimjei sarciastiici, amid there was nauoh, talk laibomt "fast e'xtpresses." A refluirtnedi soldier, howevfer, heiarteined uip oin© cairraageifu'l wiitih hjairroiw; «i lg! italeg of hii® railway exporienoea mr FTriamce, includkigl the -fcixyry of oim joiuiriniery irn 2'B miles, wliiiicih tibio-k five diaiy,s! tb aicciompiMsih. Te Arohla wiais i"eacih,ed onei hooiv! laitie, Qnid am' additiotniail nomv was &pein|b heire im dolingl mothing ib paiiticular —anyway it seemed so to tihe laiymain:- At' MiorriTisville . "tihe train wiaig aim htoiuir amd a half kite. Here a diiSfpohta -aax;i3e\ beitiwee.B. tibe .-st/atiioTi ertafi amd Itihe ttfain staff :om ih® quie'S' . itikra of wharfs iglciods sliauld be carried. Tlhiiia was isaitisfecit'ordly settled, and tha 4'aiini stiairted off, agiadbl. Aaross ttihe Piaka siwiamipi the ciold graduailily aimoreaise'd, amd ismjoking oa.rriaiges were fhuei onily waaim spdtisi. However, even itihe slowest jonirtiey c^ndisi sametimei, am/d Flnaoktoia waiy. readhed just' before 11 ip.mi., the. 63* milesi havmof itiakera/ seven hours y to. cotver ail tihe , furious sipeied of nine miles, am. hour. In! 'these parts comfoiiti seiemis to be a back mimibei" m far ag tihe Railway Department is ciooicern'e'd'. No ' ftaottl-\\va,rmlenjii .atre suipplied, ,ain',d xio ihiealMinig appaA-'aitlu^ is working oaii any of the; traiias.' This "means; mot anly <s?e|v-&auis Sdii'sWotm'larfc fcb) paiss'ensfers, ■ who include women, amd dhildreu. buiti eivten acitiuial' injuiry ml some dases. The fimertabfos, tihe tSraihantein fnanikly say. oannolt', possibly bet worked- Sintfe tihe oiiT't.aiilment tile • Rohoiruattir&iiin! h,a;s never arrived ait. Roitor^n. • t <m tirnio (7.45 p.m.), butt: on am, aiverjaejei it gets in af, 9.30 p>.mi. —meiarly •two liioair's kte. The tfeminer of .-the faiT^niimcr ciomimliinii'tiy- is sit©adily riisimpf. Pta they sec sticih. thiini-rs as pn#?|tv>es refus'&d CWrlagtei, "while >& n'.ch 'team thialfc. 1 tliToitgh' hiapi hnr-'ipil;"! nmd cPi^es of liquor abosircl.. Vaarioo.i«?i trades- fa', the Wa(iik;ait'o< 'a.Ye cicnTu'-ni* 1 to ai pit'p.tnicfabiT! for.* lack of sui:tfbl''e«. Woiik on several dweiliiin-fijhoiuseis . arb Hamiiilticai 'hah been f«boiptpied t3i ; roai!«:ih wcmit of timber. If thtei ouirtiaS'lmenif; ■ c)f*nifpiniite''! rmr^ih l'oing or -fl| glreart; desail- oif mjury will be effecttled i>n tlie oqaintny-