A TRAIN ANOMALY.
Wo ivrc tired of writing .of the Jisuffera.ole appendiY.ge.& of the railway system'in the Wairarapa. But there is just one "little matter which, excites curiosity as well as disgust. The man of hm nines© wants to knew why, on every occasion .that-there is a gathering of sporting king® at Ttentham, tihe time-table is altered so that- the traveller from this district doer, not reach Wellington, un/til an hour later than usual. Are the railways beui.g run for the race or the races? If for the latter, it- would ,he as well to add n footnote to the ord'nary time-fa hie indicating; that "this time-table _ is subject to'variation-oh every occasion
that men assemble together to witwsa a horse race. Races first—human race afterwkirds!"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10611, 18 April 1912, Page 4
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125A TRAIN ANOMALY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10611, 18 April 1912, Page 4
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