CORRESPONDENCE.
(TotheEclitor). WHAFFOR ?
Sir,—On passing our new railway buildings the other day I was struck with the diminutive size of a door into the goods shed, presumably for the use of the porter. I have been wondering, sir, why this door shquldbe made so small, for it is in truth but about half the size of an ordinary door, and I think I have found the solution. We are all aware that the Hon W. Fraser, Minister for Public Works, discountenances all extravagance in the building line, holding that buildings should only be erected sufficiently large for present requirements, an,d that later on they can, if necessary, be enlarged, and it is probably in deference to these views that the present door, has been built. A half-grown lad will, I suppose, be engaged as porter, and, later on, when the trade increases to such an extent as to warrant it, a full-grown man will be employed, and the door will then be enlarged so as to allow of his entering and leaving the shed without cracking his skull.~lam, etc. Observer. ■
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 December 1913, Page 3
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