CORRESPONDENCE. RAILWAY MIS. MANAGEMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2579, 22 April 1887, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

RAILWAY MIS. MANAGEMENT.

To TiiE,Eirri)H, '< Sir.—Will you allow me through the niodiuin of your; valuable paper to ask a few questional regarding tho Railway Station atMbnceyille, havy ing been made a fbjg ■ "What must thinking about to' a chief station, wHe ? M.'|iere 'is hardly a settler living reasonable distance ? Secondlyip jlie; settlers at Mauriceville supposed tpnpii'every train that comes, fcohf:Masl?r|pji to sea if their goods ordered have £ome up, and supposing they '&o come up and the Consignee is not-there to meet them, they are just left to- the mercy of anybody, and:in case of Email parcels 'are very apt ; to go astray, as I believe, some have 'done; Now, Sir, there is a capital, goods shpd at thestation, but what js the,good of the f shed when there is. nobody there to look after the-articles inside, surely . tho Government could afford -to have a man about the place' and • study they ;; I inhabitants ?of Mauriceville a little. The township now .contains, boarding, houses, stores, butchers; blacksmiths, coach-painters, etc., and all of. fticgag require merchandise, but ''iß»l'haw| previously stated, are the/goods simpiSß to be thrown from the theirfSfon w the.platform and left for Tjo'in, or Harry to handle before a thl : , rightful owner gets his,goods';■ : :<T'"may now state in conclusion' : -that the Mauriceville residents haveaeterniinad unless the Government improve theirs-.. convenience at the. Railway "Station, •-< that they intend to do their own car-fc. •"" ing from Masterton again/and also as'; much as possible either ride :or drive-; into Masterton, so that the-"money,', shall not go into the Treasury from the''' passengers from Mauriceville.. Apolo*, : gising for having taken up so mueh' space. ..,",._.■ lam,,ete.. LSORBBN, Maunceville, April 21. -•'