The want of management on our railway lino is painfully evident. An EXTRA TJRAIN was announced for yesterday's races, Some amusement was occasioned when the passengers at the Masterton station found it to consist "of a single second olass carriage," tmd 'thatjfim class passenger tickets could not be issued or even Beats seoured in the one carriage extra train. On the return journey thero waa better accommodation, hut some other discomfort was thrown in to maintain the reputation of tho management. Passenger! were .quarantined for half an
hour at Carterton. Tho night was dark and no lamps worn provided,. Theso minor discomforts are not very serious matters excepting that they are never met with on well managed lines. The arrangement of (ho traffic on our. own railway suggests ono reason- why it does not pay,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1616, 22 February 1884, Page 2
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